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Emile, or On Education Quotes

All passions are good when one remains their master; all are bad when one lets oneself be subjected to them. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Emile, or On Education Quotes)

All passions are good when one remains their master; all are bad when one lets oneself be subjected to them.[Toutes sont bonnes quand on en reste le maître; toutes sont mauvaises quand on s’y laisse assujettir.]

Source:(Basic Books, ed. 1979), Book V, Page 445
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Emile, or On Education Quotes)
  • Book: Emile, or On Education
  • Writer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1762
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