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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Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which is everything in this...

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which is everything in this...

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...

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...

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still...

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still...

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what...

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what...

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...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is...

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...

The knowledge of God without that of man's misery causes pride. The knowledge of man's...

The knowledge of God without that of man's misery causes pride. The knowledge of man's...

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it...

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it...

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

True nature being lost, everything becomes its own nature; as the true good being lost,...

True nature being lost, everything becomes its own nature; as the true good being lost,...

The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing....

The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing....

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.

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...

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...

(God will not leave u!) We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We...

(God will not leave u!) We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We...

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him