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Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Age: 66 †
Born: 1712
Born: June 28
Died: 1778
Died: July 2
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Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, - Days of absence, I am weary She I love is far away.
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Reason deceives us conscience, never.
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Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity. [Fr., Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospere et s'aigrit dans l'adversite.]
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Money is the seed of money.
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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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I have never believed that man's freedom consisted in doing what he wants, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do.
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