The head is ever the dupe of the heart.

L'esprit est toujours la dupe du coeur.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Reflections

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Topic

Heart vs. mind

Author

François de La Rochefoucauld

Source

Reflections

Medium

Epigram

Language

French

Time

1678 1670s 17th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.

Current Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Death in itself is nothing, but we fear
To be we know not what, we know not where.

John Dryden

Aurenge-Zebe

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Fear of death Mystery of death Death
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Aureng-zebe

Author

John Dryden
Source
Aurenge-Zebe
Medium
Play
Genre
Drama (play)
Language
English
Time
1675 1670s 17th century
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Original Citation

Dryden, John. Aureng-Zebe. King's Company, 1675, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "Aureng-Zebe." The Works of John Dryden, edited by Vinton A. Dearing. Vol. 12, University of California Press, 1995, act 4, sc. 1.

Another quote originally in French

Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Nature

Author

Michel de Montaigne
Source
Of Experience Essays
Medium
Essay
Language
French
Time
1580 1580s 16th century
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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "De l'Experience [Of Experience]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "On Experience." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.