“For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.”

— Alexandre Dumas , book The Count of Monte Cristo

Variant: ... for there are two distinct sorts of ideas, those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
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