The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a little earth is thrown at last upon our head, and that is the end forever.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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

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

Sleep, you say, is the image of death; for my part I say that it...

Sleep, you say, is the image of death; for my part I say that it...

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.

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...

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

The only shame is to have none.

The only shame is to have none.

Law, without force, is impotent.

Law, without force, is impotent.

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on...

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on...

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...

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...

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind...

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind...

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....

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 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...

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...

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.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust...

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust...

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

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

It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals...

It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals...