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To live is not to breathe but to act. It is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, of all the parts of ourselves which give us the sentiment of our existence. The man who has lived the most is not he who has counted the most years but he who has most felt life.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau Emile or On Education
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.
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The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
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The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.
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Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.
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