Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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• Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess

  

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Men
  • Labor
  • Temperance