Human 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.
BLAISE PASCALDo you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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We never love a person, but only qualities.
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If you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.
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What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
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We like to be deceived.
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In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.
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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
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The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others.
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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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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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In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.
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Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
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There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.
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Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.
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We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.
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