The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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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...

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...

Mathematicians, who are only mathematicians, have exact minds, provided all things are explained to them...

Mathematicians, who are only mathematicians, have exact minds, provided all things are explained to them...

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him...

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him...

Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics;...

Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics;...

To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.

To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.

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:...

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by...

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by...

Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for not...

Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for not...

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what...

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what...

Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.

Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.

If it is an extraordinary blindness to live without investigating what we are, it is...

If it is an extraordinary blindness to live without investigating what we are, it is...

Reason's last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which...

Reason's last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which...

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire...

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire...

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.