Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

Teach by doing whenever you can, and only fall back upon words when doing it is out of the question.

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• Teach by doing whenever you can, and only fall back upon words when doing it is out of the question.

  

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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