Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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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...

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in...

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in...

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so...

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so...

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

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,...

I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to...

I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to...

No soul of high estate can take pleasure in slander. It betrays a weakness.

No soul of high estate can take pleasure in slander. It betrays a weakness.

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...

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by...

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by...

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...

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

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...

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true...

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true...

Live free or die

Live free or die

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...

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...

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...

The self is hateful.

The self is hateful.