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Letter "B" » Blaise Pascal Quotes
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«I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter»
«Man is but a reed, the most weak in nature, but he is a thinking reed»
«What is man in nature? Nothing in relation to the infinite, all in relation to nothing, a mean between nothing and everything»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
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Nature
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in relation to
«Thus our first interest and our first duty is to enlighten ourselves on this subject, whereon depends all our conduct. Therefore among those who do not believe, I make a vast difference between those who strive with all their power to inform themselv»
«Thus we never live, but we hope to live; and always disposing ourselves to be happy, it is inevitable that we never become so.»
«This religion taught to her children what men have only been able to discover by their greatest knowledge.»
«There is nothing more real than this, nothing more terrible. Be we as heroic as we like, that is the end which awaits the noblest life in the world. Let us reflect on this and then say whether it is not beyond doubt that there is no good in this life»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
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Life
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beyond doubt
«The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
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debase, miseries, undertaken
«Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science.»
«Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way.»
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