Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it means one always has some battle to wage against oneself.
Use itGS4: virtue as constant inner struggle against one's own temptations.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes for UPSC
4 sourced quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau on character & virtue, economy, development & poverty, time & change, emotions & self-control, with a use case for each in GS4, Essay and interviews.
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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
— Jean-Jacques RousseauVariant translation: It is too difficult to think nobly when one only thinks to get a living
Use itEssay on poverty; subsistence struggles crowd out higher pursuits—justify social security.
All that time is lost which might be better employed.
— Jean-Jacques RousseauAs quoted in A Dictionary of Quotations in Most Frequent Use: Taken Chiefly from the Latin and French, but comprising many from the Greek, S
Use itLife: wasted time is time that could have been better used—plan study hours.
Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.
Use itGS4/Essay on fake news; strong emotions make people believe anything.