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Quotation from Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“let each in his turn expose with equal sincerity the failings, the wanderings of his heart, and, if he dare, aver, I was better than that man”
Confessions, Book I, opening, trans. Anonymous (Aldus Society, 1903)
Rousseau imagines himself at the Last Judgment challenging the assembled throng of humanity.
Citation: "let each in his turn expose with equal sincerity the failings, the wanderings of his heart, and, if he dare, aver, I was better than that man" — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions, Book I, opening, trans. Anonymous (Aldus Society, 1903). (id rousseaus-confessions-q2)
Portrait: Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Public domain.
