You always admire what you really don't understand.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious...

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious...

If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery,...

If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery,...

The only shame is to have none.

The only shame is to have none.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind...

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind...

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least...

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least...

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which is everything in this...

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which is everything in this...

For as old age is that period of life most remote from infancy, who does...

For as old age is that period of life most remote from infancy, who does...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is...

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without...

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without...

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

True nature being lost, everything becomes its own nature; as the true good being lost,...

True nature being lost, everything becomes its own nature; as the true good being lost,...

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were...

When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were...

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still...

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still...

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish...

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish...

Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired:...

Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired:...

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force...

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force...

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to...

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to...

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit...

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit...