“The mind is always the dupe of the heart.”

—  François de La Rochefoucauld , book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

L'esprit est toujours la dupe du coeur.
Maxim 102.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

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L'esprit est toujours la dupe du coeur.

Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

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