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La Rochefoucauld 102: The head is ever the dupe of the heart.
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The head is ever the dupe of the heart. [A feeble imitation of that great thought "All folly comes from the heart."--Aime Martin. But Bonhome, in his L'art De Penser, says "Plusieurs diraient en periode quarre que quelques reflexions que fasse l'esprit et quelques resolutions qu'il prenne pour corriger ses travers le premier sentiment du coeur renverse tous ses projets. Mais il n'appartient qu'a M. de la Rochefoucauld de dire tout en un mot que l'esprit est toujours la dupe du coeur."]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_102
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