And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?
BLAISE PASCALWe like to be deceived.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
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How hollow is the heart of man, and how full of excrement!
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The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
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Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.
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It’s not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It’s those who write the songs.
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Imagination decides everything.
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If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.
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Don’t try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.
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We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.
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All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.
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Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
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Mankind suffers from two excesses: to exclude reason, and to live by nothing but reason.
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Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.
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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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We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.
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