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> [“Man often thinks he is in control when he is being controlled, and while his mind is striving in one direction his heart is imperceptibly drawing him in another.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rouchefoucauld/man-often-thinks-he-is-in-control-when-he-is-being-controlled-and/)

La Rouchefoucauld

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## More by La Rouchefoucauld

> [“The accent of one's birthplace persists in the mind and heart as much as in speech.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rouchefoucauld/the-accent-of-one-s-birthplace-persists-in-the-mind-and-heart-as-much/)

La Rouchefoucauld

> [“Where love is, no disguise can hide it for very long; where it is not, none can simulate it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rouchefoucauld/where-love-is-no-disguise-can-hide-it-for-very-long-where-it-is-not/)

La Rouchefoucauld

> [“Man often thinks he is in control when he is being controlled, and while his mind is striving in one direction his heart is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rouchefoucauld/man-often-thinks-he-is-in-control-when-he-is-being-controlled-and/)

La Rouchefoucauld

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