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> [The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/the-mind-gets-distracted-in-all-sorts-of-ways-the-heart-is-its-own/)

[Malcolm De Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

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## More by Malcolm de Chazal

> [“The sun is pure communism everywhere but in cities, where it's private property.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/the-sun-is-pure-communism-everywhere-but-in-cities-where-it-s-private/)

[Malcolm de Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [The ears are the last feature to age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/the-ears-are-the-last-feature-to-age/)

[Malcolm De Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [A woman knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/a-woman-knows-how-to-keep-quiet-when-she-is-in-the-right-whereas-a/)

[Malcolm De Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [“The chicken "understands" the dog, the dog can interpret the dove's cooing, the insect can fathom the lowing of the cow, and no matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/the-chicken-understands-the-dog-the-dog-can-interpret-the-dove-s/)

[Malcolm de Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/we-sometimes-laugh-from-ear-to-ear-but-it-would-be-impossible-for-a/)

[Malcolm De Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [The flower is a jumble of thighs, the sun's harem - the most oriental thing imaginable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/the-flower-is-a-jumble-of-thighs-the-sun-s-harem-the-most-oriental/)

[Malcolm de Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [The glance embroiders in joy, knits in pain, and sews in boredom. When indifferent, the eye takes stills, when interested, movies. Laughter is regional:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/the-glance-embroiders-in-joy-knits-in-pain-and-sews-in-boredom-when/)

[Malcolm De Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/women-eat-while-they-are-talking-men-talk-while-they-are-eating/)

[Malcolm De Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/the-beautiful-remains-so-in-ugly-surroundings/)

[Malcolm de Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [Chins are exclusively a human feature, not to be found among the beasts. Ithey had chins, most animals would look like each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/chins-are-exclusively-a-human-feature-not-to-be-found-among-the/)

[Malcolm De Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/our-expression-and-our-words-never-coincide-which-is-why-the-animals/)

[Malcolm De Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [In mixed company women practise a kind of visual shorthand that they later decode in detail in other women's company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/in-mixed-company-women-practise-a-kind-of-visual-shorthand-that-they/)

[Malcolm De Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [The ring always believes that the finger lives for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/the-ring-always-believes-that-the-finger-lives-for-it/)

[Malcolm De Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/art-is-nature-speeded-up-and-god-slowed-down/)

[Malcolm De Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

> [Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-de-chazal/laughter-while-it-lasts-slackens-and-unbraces-the-mind-weakens-the-2/)

[Malcolm De Chazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-de-chazal/)

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