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Date: 1732, 1736

Reason may over-rule fancy

— Granville, George, Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735)

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Date: 1741

"But self-conceitedness does reign / In every mortal mind."

— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)

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Date: 1747

"Oh Love, all-powerful o'er the Mind, / Art thou to rigid rules confin'd? / And must the Heart that owns thy Sway, / That Tyrant Customs Laws obey?"

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)

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Date: 1747

"What Place can banish Love / From the subjected Mind."

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)

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Date: 1759

"Then wilt Thou [God] in the saints reside, / And make their hearts Thy throne."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.