Covetousness Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Luxury either comes of riches or makes them necessary; it corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.” quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau — Download Open image

“Luxury either comes of riches or makes them necessary; it corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.”

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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