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Emile, or On Education Quotes

The sole folly of which one cannot disabuse a man who is not mad is vanity. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Emile, or On Education Quotes)

The sole folly of which one cannot disabuse a man who is not mad is vanity.[Il n’y a point de folie dont on ne puisse guérir un homme qui n’est pas fou, hors la vanité.]

Source:(Basic Books, ed. 1979), Book IV, Page 245
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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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