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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.
         

A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.


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This page presents the quote "A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.". Author of this quote is Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This quote is about knowledge, men, taste, knows, silence,.