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Emile, or On Education Quotes

As soon as people are accustomed to say words without understanding them, it is easy to make them say whatever one wants. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Emile, or On Education Quotes)

As soon as people are accustomed to say words without understanding them, it is easy to make them say whatever one wants.[Sitôt qu’on accoutume les gens à dire des mots sans les entendre, il est facile après cela de leur faire dire tout ce qu’on veut.]

Source:(Basic Books, ed. 1979), Book IV, Page 256
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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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