• Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  French writer and philosopher 1712-1778
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Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies. by : Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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