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Mind Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Our minds are lazier than our bodies.
- Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor
- Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts.
- Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.
- Ideas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labor.
- Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
- Wisdom is the mind what health is to the body.
- Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
- Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everthing which is beyond their range.
- Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind.
- Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.
- It is difficult to define love; all we can say is, that in the soul it is a desire to rule, in the mind it…
- Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts
- Nature has concealed at the bottom of our minds talents and abilities of which we are not aware.
- It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.
- The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
- Customary use of artifice is the sign of a small mind, and it almost always happens that he who uses it to cover one spot…
- Smallness of mind is the cause of stubbornness, and we do not credit readily what is beyond our view.
- Solemnity is a device of the body to hide the faults of the mind.
- It often happens that things come into the mind in a more finished form than could have been achieved after much study.
- Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers; they are really nothing but the good or bad health of our bodily organs.
- As the great ones of this world are unable to bestow health of body or peace of mind, we always pay too high a price…
- We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies.
- Idleness is more an infirmity of the mind than of the body.
- Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see.
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