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Emile, or On Education Quotes

One pities in others only those ills from which one does not feel oneself exempt. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Emile, or On Education Quotes)

One pities in others only those ills from which one does not feel oneself exempt.[Pitié des infortunés; quand on est témoin de leur mal, on en souffre.]

Source:(Basic Books, ed. 1979), Book IV, Page 224
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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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