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

Quote by Blaise Pascal

Topics: Men Quotes, Power Quotes, Virtue Quotes

Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to...

Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to...

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the...

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the...

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends...

If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends...

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...

You always admire what you really dont understand.

You always admire what you really dont understand.

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,...

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without...

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without...

Imagination decides everything.

Imagination decides everything.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what...

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what...

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...

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...

The only shame is to have none

The only shame is to have none

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

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

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

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 reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five...

The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her...

Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her...