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?

Quote by Blaise Pascal

Topics: Killing Quotes, Stupidity Quotes

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and...

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and...

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order...

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order...

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a...

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a...

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can...

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can...

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

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

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

To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.

To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.

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...

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

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

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Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what...

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what...

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of...

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of...

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

Law, without force, is impotent.

Law, without force, is impotent.

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form...

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form...

There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with...

There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with...

Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it...

Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it...

The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.

The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.

As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it...

As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it...