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Rather suffer an injustice than commit one.
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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The empire of woman is an empire of softness, of address, of complacency. Her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears.
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In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot be made good for something. No man should be put to death, even as an example, if he can be left to live without danger to society.
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The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.
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