Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their

Summary

This quote suggests that nations and individuals often exhibit exaggerated or unrealistic ideals and behaviors during their youth. However, as they mature, these tendencies become deeply ingrained and difficult to change, leading to a sense of incorrigibility. It implies that as people and nations age, they become set in their ways and resistant to transformation or correction.

Topics

Nationalism Nation Nationality

By Jean Jacques Rousseau

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I have asked myself once or twice lately what was my natural

I have asked myself once or twice lately what was my natural bent. I have no doubt at all: It is to look at each day for the evil of that day and have a go at it, and that is why I have never failed to have an acute interest in each morning's letters.

Geoffrey Fisher

Judy, we think that since the 11th of September, 2001, we've

Judy, we think that since the 11th of September, 2001, we've faced a similar heightened threat level. And we've been enhancing both the exchange of intelligence and security information and the assessment of that information, because that's the crucial element.

Intelligence

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the ne

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.

Richard Dawkins

Great Faith

Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timbe

Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off on Disney and he made this huge film career and huge solo music career. I really respect him as an artist.

Victoria Justice

Respect

We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defens

We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.

Jennifer Granholm

Strength

Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing;

Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don't.

Integrity

Of course there have been times I regretted being the kid in

Of course there have been times I regretted being the kid in 'E.T.' My world went completely crazy. I was that stupid kind of famous, where you can't go anywhere.

Famous

Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.

Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.

Julius Kambarge Nyerere

Peace

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.

Age

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank,

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

Trust

If any question why we died, tell them, because our fathers

If any question why we died, tell them, because our fathers lied.

Rudyard Kipling

War

Underneath the beautiful exterior there was an element of ru

Underneath the beautiful exterior there was an element of ruthlessness and toughness that I had trouble either accepting or forgetting.

Hubert H. Humphrey

Beauty