All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because...

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because...

The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine...

The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine...

Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.

Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we...

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we...

We never love a person, but only qualities.

We never love a person, but only qualities.

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...

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere

Brave deeds are wasted when hidden

Brave deeds are wasted when hidden

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.

Curiosity is only in vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk....

Curiosity is only in vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk....

It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding,...

It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding,...

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on...

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on...

If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without...

If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without...

There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience...

There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience...

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be...

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be...

Law, without force, is impotent.

Law, without force, is impotent.

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

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

Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the...

Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the...

The more you reason the less you create

The more you reason the less you create

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...