The heart has its order, the mind has its own, which uses principles a…

Blaise Pascal
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The heart has its order, the mind has its own, which uses principles and demonstrations. The heart has a different one. We do not prove that we ought to be loved by setting out in order the causes of love; that would be absurd. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1966). Pascal Pensées, Penguin Classics
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The heart has its order, the mind has its own, which uses principles and demonstrations. The heart has a different one. We do not prove that we ought to be loved by setting out in order the causes of love; that would be absurd. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1966). Pascal Pensées, Penguin Classics

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