Great men never make bad use of their superiority they see it, and feel it, and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Great men never make bad use of their superiority they see it, and feel it, and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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