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Emile, or On Education Quotes

The happiest is he who suffers the least pain; the unhappiest is he who feels the least pleasure. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Emile, or On Education Quotes)

The happiest is he who suffers the least pain; the unhappiest is he who feels the least pleasure.[Le plus heureux est celui qui souffre le moins de peines; le plus misérable est celui qui sent le moins de plaisir.]

Source:(Basic Books, ed. 1979), Book II, Page 80
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Emile, or On Education Quotes)
  • Book: Emile, or On Education
  • Writer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1762
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