Monsieur Rousseau whose 300th birthday is being celebrated today – well, more less than more – like many others gave evidence that he who writes a lot not seldom does write a lot of rubbish, such as
——• Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.
However, being no blind hen one could find some grains of corn, so to write.
• People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
• No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
• Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make
them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man
with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.
• However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
The peace of the night.
