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Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Autobiography and memoir

Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.

In the original French

Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospere et s'aigrit dan l'adversite.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Confessions (Rousseau) · 1781
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Topic
RemorseRegret
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Time
1781
Person
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Current citation
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Confessions, translated by Angela Scholar. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 1, bk. 2.
Original citation
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Les Confessions [The Confessions]. Aux Deux-Ponts: Chez Sanson Et Compagnie, 1782, bk. 2.

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