Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in.
-- Mary Astell
   
Mary Astell   Name:
Mary Astell
Type:
Writer
Nationality:
English
Birth:
December 12, 1666
Death:
May 11, 1731
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