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Emile, or On Education Quotes

At sixteen the adolescent knows what it is to suffer, for he has himself suffered. But he hardly knows that other beings suffer too.[A seize ans l’adolescent sait ce que c’est que souffrir; car il a souffert lui-même; mais à peine sait-il que d’autres êtres souffrent aussi.]

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  • Book: Emile, or On Education
  • Writer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1762
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