The passage from the state of nature to the civil state produces a very remarkable change in man, by substituting justice for instinct in his conduct.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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