Jean Jacques Rousseau, he answered, is nothing but a fool in my eyes when he takes it upon himself to criticise society; he did not understand it, an… - Stendhal
" "Jean Jacques Rousseau, he answered, is nothing but a fool in my eyes when he takes it upon himself to criticise society; he did not understand it, and approached it with the heart of an upstart flunkey.... For all his preaching a Republic and the overthrow of monarchical titles, the upstart is mad with joy if a Duke alters the course of his after-dinner stroll to accompany one of his friends.
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Marie-Henri Beyle (January 23, 1783 – March 23, 1842), more widely known as Stendhal, the most famous of his many pen-names, was a 19th century French writer.
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