We never love a person, but only qualities.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire...

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire...

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does...

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does...

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...

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...

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.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and...

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and...

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...

Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing...

Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing...

When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to...

When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to...

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and...

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and...

There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience...

There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience...

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be...

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be...

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,...

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...

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith...

It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith...

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A...

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A...

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?