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Smell is the sense of memory and desire.
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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John James Rousseau
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The animals you eat are not those who devour others you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You only hunger for the sweet and gentle creatures which harm no one, which follow you, serve you, and are devoured by you as the reward of their service.
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Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity.
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The bigger a state becomes the more liberty diminishes.
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