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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Afford It
on Sunday, April 30, 2023Meaning of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Money Quote: saying when we want things we can’t afford, we feel we are in poverty, even if wealthy. Jean-Jacques Rousseau said:
“Every time we seek something that we can’t afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Business Politics
on Friday, June 2, 2017Jean-Jacques Rousseau Money Quote from the 18th century saying morality weighed heavily in the lives of politicians of the past, but we’ve gotten to the point business success is more important than morals. Jean-Jacques Rousseau said:
“Ancient politicians talked incessantly about morality and virtue; our politicians talk only about business and money” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean Jacques Rousseau: Enslaving Pursuit
on Saturday, April 29, 2017Jean Jacques Rousseau Money Quote saying keeping what we already possess can provide peace and satisfaction – but chasing after ever more gain keeps us instead in chains. Jean Jacques Rousseau said:
“The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you” — Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Bankrupt Infidel
on Wednesday, December 21, 2016Jean-Jacques Rousseau Money Quote saying of the London stock exchange that all faiths deal as though nothing divides them until they lose their wealth. Jean-Jacques Rousseau said:
“Jew, Mohammedan and Christian deal with each other as though they were all of the same faith, and only apply the word infidel to people who go bankrupt” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Can’t Afford Poor
on Saturday, October 8, 2016Jean-Jacques Rousseau Money Quote saying that being poor means our desires are bigger than our current income. Jean-Jacques Rousseau said:
“Every time we seek something that we can’t afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Wealthy Wants
on Friday, October 7, 2016Jean-Jacques Rousseau Money Quote saying whenever we yearn to have that which we can’t pay for, then we may be considered poor, without wealth. Jean-Jacques Rousseau said:
“Being wealthy isn’t just a question of having lots of money. It’s a question of what we want. Wealth isn’t an absolute, it’s relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can’t afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau on Acquiring Millions
on Sunday, May 4, 2014Jean-Jacques Rousseau Money Quotation saying planting, nurturing and harvesting money from it’s own seed takes more effort than obtaining the seed. Jean-Jacques Rousseau said:
“Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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