“It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.”
— Blaise Pascal
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The sensitivity of men to small matters,
“The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Atheism shows strength of mind, but only
“Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Men often take their imagination for their
“Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Nature is an infinite sphere of which
“Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Faith certainly tells us what the senses
“Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Habit is a second nature that destroys
“Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Can anything be stupider than that a
“Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?”
— Blaise Pascal
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Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science
“Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science.”
— Blaise Pascal
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In each action we must look beyond
“In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Too much and too little wine. Give
“Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.”
— Blaise Pascal
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