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It is too difficult to think nobly when one only thinks for a living. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes)

It is too difficult to think nobly when one only thinks for a living.[Il est trop difficile de penser noblement quand on ne pense que pour vivre.]

Source:Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1782), (Penguin Books, ed. 1963), Part II, Book IX, Page 375
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  • Name: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Profession: Philosopher
  • Born: June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778
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