“When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Category: love
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The charm of fame is so great
“The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Category: death
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Justice and truth are too such subtle
“Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Man is but a reed, the most
“Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.”
— Blaise Pascal
Author: Blaise Pascal
Category: nature
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Our soul is cast into a body,
“Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it reasons, and calls this nature necessity, and can believe nothing else.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Category: nature
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Men despise religion. They hate it and
“Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty,
“Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.”
— Blaise Pascal
Author: Blaise Pascal
Category: imagination
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Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we
“Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.”
— Blaise Pascal
Author: Blaise Pascal
Category: change
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If we must not act save on
“If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles!”
— Blaise Pascal
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Our nature consists in motion; complete rest
“Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Happiness is neither without us nor within
“Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.”
— Blaise Pascal
Author: Blaise Pascal
Category: god
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