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The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.

The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.

Luc de Clapiers
Lying, Eye, Passion

If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.

Luc de Clapiers
Passion, Reflection, Giving
"Reflections and Maxims". Book by Luc de Clapiers, translated by E. Lee, pp. 170-171, 1903.

The falsest of all philosophies is that which, under the pretext of delivering men from the embarrassment of their passions, counsels idleness and the abandonment and neglect of themselves.

Luc de Clapiers
Philosophy, Passion, Men
Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”

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