The first man to fence in a piece of land, saying "this is mine" and who found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.
The more humanity owes the poor man, the more society denies him. - Henri Rousseau
The more humanity owes the poor man, the more society denies him.
- Henri Rousseau
It is not I that am drawing, it is this thing at the end of my hand. - Henri Rousseau
It is not I that am drawing, it is this thing at the end of my hand.
If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it. - Henri Rousseau
If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it.
Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. - Henri Rousseau
Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.
I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour. - Henri Rousseau
I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.
God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor. - Henri Rousseau
God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.
We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso) - Henri Rousseau
We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)
It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good. - Henri Rousseau
It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.
Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body. - Henri Rousseau
Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.
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