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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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As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.
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Every blue-stocking will remain a spinster as long as there are sensible men on the earth. [Fr., Toute fille lettree restera fille toute sa vie, quand il n'y aura que des hommes senses sur la terre.]
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Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
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The happiest is he who suffers least the most miserable is he who enjoys least.
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