"Self-praise, even in the strictest sense of justice, would be rather an abasement than an esteem of ourselves, and it would show how little knowledge of humanity it would be to think that by this remonstrance men can be moved out of their error, in which they feel comfortable.
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Author
Jean Jacques RousseauAll Translations
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Self-praise, even in the strictest sense of justice, would be rather an abasement than an esteem of ourselves, and it would show how little knowledge of humanity it would be to think that by this remonstrance men can be moved out of their error, in which they feel comfortable.
""Az öndicséret, még a legszigorúbb igazságosság szempontjait is figyelembe véve, inkább önmagunk alázása, mint megbecsülése volna, és vajmi kevés emberismeretről tanúskodna, ha azt hinnők, hogy ezzel a tiltakozással kimozdíthatjuk az embereket tévedésükből, amelyben jól érzik magukat."