I had a tolerably large number of acquaintances, but only two chosen friends, Diderot and Grimm. Owing to the… — Jean Jacques Rousseau

I had a tolerably large number of acquaintances, but only two chosen friends, Diderot and Grimm. Owing to the desire, which I always feel, to bring together all who are dear to me, I was so devoted a friend of both, that it was unavoidable that they should soon become equally devoted to each other.

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