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Quote by Blaise Pascal

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The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A...

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A...

Imagination decides everything.

Imagination decides everything.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed....

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed....

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without...

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without...

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...

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

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.

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.

We never, then, love a person, but only qualities

We never, then, love a person, but only qualities

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...

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends...

If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends...

When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were...

When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were...

Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it...

Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it...

It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not...

It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not...

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of...

Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of...

If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery,...

If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery,...

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would...

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would...

Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.

Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.