François de La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680
was a French author and moralist
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
(Marcus Tullius) Cicero, 106 BC-43 BC
was a Roman author, orator, and politician
In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.
John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873
was an English economist and philosopher
Over one's mind and over one's body the individual is sovereign.
( “On Liberty”, 1859 )
Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977
was an US (Russian-born) author and translator
Why should I tolerate a perfect stranger at the bedside of my mind?