Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote: We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at ...

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau ~

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