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Emile, or On Education Quotes

He who is slowest to make a promise is always most faithful at keeping it. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Emile, or On Education Quotes)

He who is slowest to make a promise is always most faithful at keeping it..[Sachez que le plus lent à promettre est toujours le plus fidèle à tenir.]

Source:(Basic Books, ed. 1979), Book IV, Page 327
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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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