“To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.”
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“This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!”
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“I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.”
― Emile, or On Education
― Emile, or On Education
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