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Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desi

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases. – 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. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Nature
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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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The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury. – John Bright

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Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman the serpent is twining round it. – Arthur E. Waite

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The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. – Herodotus

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Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge. – H. G. Wells

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Labor Day is a holiday honoring those who work for a living. Laborious Day is a lesser known holiday honoring those who cannot stop talking about their work. – Lemony Snicket

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If you want to know the feeling, just take your bottom lip and pull it over your head. – Carol Burnett, about labor pain, quoted in Fatherhood by Bill Cosby

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A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. – Arnold H. Glasow

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Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists. – Norman Mailer

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