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

Jean Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

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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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"They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance."

"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."

"So vast is art, so narrow human wit."

"Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot."

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