“ Mean vengeance is unworthy of my heart, and hatred never takes the least root in it. ”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions (1782). copy citation
Author | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
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Source | Confessions |
Topic | heart meaning |
Date | 1782 |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Translated by Samuel William Orson |
Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Confessions_(Rousseau) |
Context
“[I did not give the surname of Jongleur only to the latter until a long time after his enmity had been declared, and the persecutions he brought upon me at Geneva and elsewhere. I soon suppressed the name the moment I perceived I was entirely his victim. Mean vengeance is unworthy of my heart, and hatred never takes the least root in it.] I expected that Grimm, confused by my condescension and advances, would receive me with open arms, and the most tender friendship. He received me as a Roman Emperor would have done, and with a haughtiness I never saw in any person but himself.”
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