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

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by...

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by...

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...

Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his...

Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his...

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we...

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we...

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...

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can...

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can...

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force...

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force...

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form...

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form...

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows...

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows...

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals...

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals...

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

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

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

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,...

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

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...

We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no...

We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no...