Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he...

If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he...

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...

Nothing gives us rest but the sincere search for truth

Nothing gives us rest but the sincere search for truth

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...

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by...

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by...

The prophecies are to be unintelligible to the ungodly but intelligible to those who are...

The prophecies are to be unintelligible to the ungodly but intelligible to those who are...

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear...

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear...

It is a strange and long war, the war that violence is forever waging against...

It is a strange and long war, the war that violence is forever waging against...

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded...

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded...

The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things...

The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things...

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary...

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary...

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...

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...

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought...

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought...

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

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

What is man in nature? Nothing in relation to the infinite, all in relation to...

What is man in nature? Nothing in relation to the infinite, all in relation to...

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.

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...