The self is hateful.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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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...

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought...

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought...

Live free or die

Live free or die

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

Imagination decides everything.

Imagination decides everything.

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...

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a...

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a...

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...

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

Reason's last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which...

Reason's last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which...

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.

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...

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost,...

Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost,...

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.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

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.

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is...

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is...

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.