Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes About Writing
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Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once.
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The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.
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To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.
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I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.
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I hate books; they only teach people to talk about what they don't understand.
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