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The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right Quotes

Many a one believes himself the master of others, and yet he is a greater slave than they.[Tel se croit le maître des autres, qui ne laisse pas d’être plus esclave.]

Source:(Wordsworth Editions Ltd., ed. 1998), Book I, Chapter 1. Subject of the First Book, Page 5
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  • Book: The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right
  • Writer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1762
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