Let us leave to others the task of instructing mankind in their duty, and confine ourselves to the discharge of our own.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences (1750); source text line 7430; English translation: G. D. H. Cole
- A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences (1750); source text line 7430
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