"The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

Time, Children, Order, Profession

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"I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know."

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"Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil."

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"He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it."

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"Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion."

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"Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases."

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"Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death."

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"You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one."

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