Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence

Albert Einstein
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A quote by the great, French thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

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