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" It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living. "
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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" I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature; and that man will be myself. "
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" Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. "
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" Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. "
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" I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about. "
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" The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it. "
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" Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. "
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" Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it. "
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" The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity. "
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