For as old age is that period of life most remote from infancy, who does not see that old age in this universal man ought not to be sought in the times nearest his birth, but in those most remote…

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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However vast a man's spiritual resources, he is capable of but one great passion

However vast a man's spiritual resources, he is capable of but one great passion

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...

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

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...

Brave deeds are wasted when hidden

Brave deeds are wasted when hidden

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...

Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality...

Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality...

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and...

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and...

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

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

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...

Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.

Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to...

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to...

The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a...

The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a...

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...

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals...

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals...

Imagination decides everything

Imagination decides everything

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...

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

Sometimes people decide to be just friends even their feeling is mutual. Not because love...

Sometimes people decide to be just friends even their feeling is mutual. Not because love...

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has...

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has...

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.