Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
BLAISE PASCALMan’s sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
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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?
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If you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.
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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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The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
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Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.
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Wisdom leads us back to childhood.
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Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
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People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
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Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.
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Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.
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All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
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If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
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Imagination decides everything.
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