People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Généralement les gens qui savent peu parlent beaucoup, et les gens qui savent beaucoup parlent peu.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Emile; or, On Education

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Emile, ou De l'education [Emile, or On Education]. A la Haye: Jean Neaulme, 1762, bk. 4.

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