• Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  French writer and philosopher 1712-1778
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. instruction
2. teacher
3. dearly
4. profit
5. derive
6. worth

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Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid. by : Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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