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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.

Blaise Pascal

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.
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Deceive Human Life Men Ourselves Presence
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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Desire Enough Light See
Man’s sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
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Greatness Men Strange
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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Law Song Worth Writing
Don’t try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.
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Death Life Suicide
The entire ocean is affected by a single pebble.
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Affection Ocean Pebble
The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
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Beyond Logic Men Reason
What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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Difference God Himself Love
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
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Humble Humility People Praise Thinking
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
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Establishment Love Spiritual Time Truth
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
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Evil Inspirational Religious Sad
Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
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Force Justice Power Strength
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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Lying Men Thinking
The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
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Act Inspirational Strength Wisdom
The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others.
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Discover Intelligence Men Reality
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

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