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

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the...

Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the...

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...

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

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

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but...

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but...

Two extremes: to exclude reason, to admit reason only.

Two extremes: to exclude reason, to admit reason only.

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...

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...

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...

Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it...

Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it...

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious...

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious...

We never, then, love a person, but only qualities

We never, then, love a person, but only qualities

Curiosity is only in vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk....

Curiosity is only in vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk....

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

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 struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by...

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by...