You always admire what you really don't understand.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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However vast a man's spiritual resources, he is capable of but one great passion

However vast a man's spiritual resources, he is capable of but one great passion

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary...

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary...

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...

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals...

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals...

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...

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

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...

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than...

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than...

Either Christianity is true or it's false. If you bet that it's true, and you...

Either Christianity is true or it's false. If you bet that it's true, and you...

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 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...

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

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

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

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be...

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be...

Vanity is but the surface.

Vanity is but the surface.

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...

Live free or die

Live free or die

Everybody wants to get enlightened but nobody wants to change.

Everybody wants to get enlightened but nobody wants to change.

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.