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Emile, or On Education Quotes

So long as chastity is preserved, it is respected; it is despised only after having been lost. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Emile, or On Education Quotes)

So long as chastity is preserved, it is respected; it is despised only after having been lost.[Tant qu’on la conserve on la respecte; on ne la méprise qu’après l’avoir perdue.]

Source:(Basic Books, ed. 1979), Book IV, Page 324
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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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