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There is a period in life when we go backwards as we advance.
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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You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.
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Accent is the soul of language it gives to it both feeling and truth.
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Gracefulness cannot subsist without ease delicacy is not debility nor must a woman be sick in order to please. Infirmity, and sickness may excite our pity, but desire and pleasure require the bloom and vigor of health.
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The world is woman's book. [Fr., Le monde est le livre des femmes.]
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