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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

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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No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Death
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before. – David Gest

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After Skins I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster. – Nicholas Hoult

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I dont like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would! – Bruce Dickinson

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A famous person to themselves, they dont get up in the morning and think, Im famous. Im not famous to me. Famous is a perception. – Van Morrison

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