At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely know that other being also suffer seeing without feeling is not knowledge. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely know that other being also suffer seeing without feeling is not knowledge.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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