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Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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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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We are born weak, we need strength helpless, we need aid foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to mans estate, is the gift of education. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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