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To have much mind is a doubtful expression. It may mean every class of… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

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SAPIR 861

Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims — François de La Rochefoucauld

To have much mind is a doubtful expression. It may mean every class of mind that can be mentioned, it may mean none in particular. It may mean that he talks sensibly while he acts foolishly. We may have a mind, but a narrow one. A mind may be fitted for some things, not for others. We may have a large measure of mind fitted for nothing, and one is often inconvenienced with much mind; still of this kind of mind we may say that it is sometimes pleasing in society.

Place: ¶877
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