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I don't know what is truth,but I can tell you how to find it!
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 people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived.
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I may be no better, but at least I am different.
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You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.
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To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties.
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