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Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield: Smooth your way to the head through the heart. The way of reason is a good one…

Smooth your way to the head through the heart. The way of reason is a good one; but it is commonly something longer, and perhaps not so sure.

In today’s wordsReach the head through the heart. Reason is a good route, but it's usually longer and not as sure.

Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of ChesterfieldCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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