Maybe he's only a little bit crazy, like painters, or composers, or some of those men in Washington.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Painting Quotes

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...

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...

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent...

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent...

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in...

We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in...

Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I...

Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find...

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find...

A mere trifle consoles us for a mere trifle distresses us.

A mere trifle consoles us for a mere trifle distresses us.

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 know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

Some vices only lay hold of us by means of others, and these, like branches,...

Some vices only lay hold of us by means of others, and these, like branches,...

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...

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...

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of...

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of...

The only other better feeling than loving someone, is knowing that they love you back.

The only other better feeling than loving someone, is knowing that they love you back.

The one that lost the truth has lost himself.

The one that lost the truth has lost himself.