Blaise Pascal

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#man #most #nature #reed #thing

Nie betrieben die Menschen das Böse so umfassend und freudig wie aus religiöser Überzeugung. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#religion #religion

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#exertions #habitual #his #man #measured

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Love has reasons which reason cannot understand. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#feeling #our #reasoning #surrender

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#alone #being #derive #men #miseries

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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