Love comes from blindness,
Friendship comes from knowledge.

L'amour vient de l'aveuglement,
L'amitie de la connaissance.

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy

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Topic

Love and friendship Love Friendship

Author

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy

Source

Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules: Maximes d'Amour.

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1665 1660s 17th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

De Bussy-Rabutin, Roger. Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules [Love history of the Gauls]. Cork: Editions à la Croix de Malte, 1665.

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The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.

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Source
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Another quote originally in French

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

Voltaire

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Author

Voltaire
Source
Letter to the Author of The Three Imposters
Medium
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Language
French
Time
1768 1760s 18th century
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Voltaire. Épître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs [Letter to the author of The Three Impostors]. 10 Nov. 1770.