It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least...

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least...

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.

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...

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of...

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of...

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is...

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is...

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.

For as old age is that period of life most remote from infancy, who does...

For as old age is that period of life most remote from infancy, who does...

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than...

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than...

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind...

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind...

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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.

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...

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...

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...

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

You should have died when I killed you.

You should have died when I killed you.

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Stupidity is without anxiety.