Date: 1721, 1722
"Dissimulation, an art among us universally practised, and so necessary, is unknown here: they speak every thing, see every thing, and hear every thing: the heart, like the face, is visible."
preview | full record— Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755)
Date: 1692, 1724
"No, answer'd Mahomet, my Heart is not so easily wounded."
preview | full record— Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine) (1650/51-1705)