Blaise Pascal

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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We never love a person, but only qualities. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom? ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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I can well conceive a man without hands, feet, head. But I cannot conceive man without thought; he would be a stone or a brute. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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