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Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to comb

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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