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Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long? – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Other quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide? – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Risk
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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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. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Education
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published. – Elliott Erwitt

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Id had people say, Youll enjoy being famous for a week, and youll never enjoy it again. But I dont think I had that week. I may have been working and missed that moment. – Matt Damon

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famous

I dont see myself as famous at all so Im continuing my life as normal. – Ashley Madekwe

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famous

I guess the nicest thing about being, I wont say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if youve got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldnt get done. – Mickey Gilley

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famous

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I have said it on several occasions, several times from this podium, that providing a quality education for our children is high on my priority list. I will not stop now. – Jane D. Hull

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Next month, I will celebrate my 30th anniversary of marriage with my beautiful bride, Vicki. Our marriage has been a blessing. I have gained even more respect for the institution over the past 3 decades and will defend it against attack. – Todd Tiahrt

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When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed. – Margaret J. Wheatley

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power

Men are irrelevant. Women are happy or unhappy, fulfilled or unfulfilled, and it has nothing to do with men. – Fay Weldon

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Feminism