If you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.
BLAISE PASCALHuman life is thus only an endless illusion. Men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does when we are gone. Society is based on mutual hypocrisy.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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We like to be deceived.
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If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?
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The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of, We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart.
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There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition.
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All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.
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Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
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The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
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All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.
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Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
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Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
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One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.
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We never love a person, but only qualities.
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We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are.
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What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
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