The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...

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...

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to...

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to...

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear...

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear...

The self is hateful.

The self is hateful.

Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it...

Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it...

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

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...

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from...

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from...

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

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

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

Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us...

Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us...

The sum of a man's problems come from his inability to be alone in a...

The sum of a man's problems come from his inability to be alone in a...

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...

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded...

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded...

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...

Law, without force, is impotent.

Law, without force, is impotent.