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Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

Blaise Pascal

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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Men Seek Truth Value
Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him.
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God Happiness Ourselves
Once your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size.
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Investment Soul Truth Yourself
The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
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Beyond Logic Men Reason
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
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Humble Humility People Praise Thinking
Mutual cheating is the foundation of society.
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Cheat Foundation
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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Believe God Life Philosophy Spiritual
Plurality which is not reduced to unity is confusion; unity which does not depend on plurality is tyranny.
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Confusion Unity
If you do not love too much, you do not love enough.
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Enough Love Yourself
I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.
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Believe Gift Myself
Wisdom leads us back to childhood.
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Children One Liner Way Wisdom
Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.
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Curiosity Pride Talk Vanity
Imagination decides everything.
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Imagination Inspirational One Liner
Mankind suffers from two excesses: to exclude reason, and to live by nothing but reason.
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Live Man Reason Suffering
If you want to be a real seeker of truth, you need to, at least once in your lifetime, doubt in, as much as it’s possible, in everything.
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Doubt Life Need Possible Reality
All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
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Inspirational Man Misery Peace

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