--- title: "13 Objects Quotes By Blaise Pascal" description: "13 Objects quotes by Blaise Pascal. Plus more from Blaise Pascal and more Objects sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/blaise-pascal-167_admire_how-vain-painting-is-we-admire-the-reali_2404527.jpg" --- > [How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/how-vain-painting-is-we-admire-the-realistic-depiction-of-objects/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/blaise-pascal-167_admire_how-vain-painting-is-we-admire-the-reali_2404527.jpg) > [Beauty is a harmonious relation between something in our nature and the quality of the object which delights us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/beauty-is-a-harmonious-relation-between-something-in-our-nature-and/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/blaise-pascal-167_beauty_beauty-is-a-harmonious-relation-between_117980.jpg) > [The imagination enlarges little objects so as to fill our souls with a fantastic estimate; and, with rash insolence, it belittles the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-imagination-enlarges-little-objects-so-as-to-fill-our-souls-with/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/blaise-pascal-167_belittle_the-imagination-enlarges-little-objects_393504.jpg) > [The mind naturally makes progress, and the will naturally clings to objects; so that for want of right objects, it will attach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-mind-naturally-makes-progress-and-the-will-naturally-clings-to/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/blaise-pascal-167_mind_the-mind-naturally-makes-progress-and-th_1123175.jpg) > [All men have happiness as their object: there is no exception. However different the means they employ, they all aim at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/all-men-have-happiness-as-their-object-there-is-no-exception-however/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a70/blaise-pascal-167_aim_all-men-have-happiness-as-their-object-t_1814145.jpg) > [The present is never the mark of our designs. We use both past and present as our means and instruments, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-present-is-never-the-mark-of-our-designs-we-use-both-past-and/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/774/blaise-pascal-167_aim_the-present-is-never-the-mark-of-our-des_204779.jpg) > [Man is to himself the most wonderful object in nature; for he cannot conceive what the body is, still less what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/man-is-to-himself-the-most-wonderful-object-in-nature-for-he-cannot/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/blaise-pascal-167_body_man-is-to-himself-the-most-wonderful-obj_1826979.jpg) > [There are hardly any truths upon which we always remain agreed, and still fewer objects of pleasure which we do not change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/there-are-hardly-any-truths-upon-which-we-always-remain-agreed-and/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/blaise-pascal-167_adapting_there-are-hardly-any-truths-upon-which-w_2428771.jpg) > [As we speak of poetical beauty, so ought we to speak of mathematical beauty and medical beauty. But we do not do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/as-we-speak-of-poetical-beauty-so-ought-we-to-speak-of-mathematical/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/022/blaise-pascal-167_beauty_as-we-speak-of-poetical-beauty-so-ought_771344.jpg) > [If we dreamed the same thing every night, it would affect us much as the objects we see every day. And if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/if-we-dreamed-the-same-thing-every-night-it-would-affect-us-much-as/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/blaise-pascal-167_believe_if-we-dreamed-the-same-thing-every-night_3041146.jpg) > [What is it, in your opinion, to be a great nobleman? It is to be master of several objects that men covet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/what-is-it-in-your-opinion-to-be-a-great-nobleman-it-is-to-be-master/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/blaise-pascal-167_able_what-is-it-in-your-opinion-to-be-a-great_807626.jpg) > [Let man then contemplate nature in full and lofty majesty, and turn his eyes away from the mean objects which surround him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/let-man-then-contemplate-nature-in-full-and-lofty-majesty-and-turn/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b21/blaise-pascal-167_amazed_let-man-then-contemplate-nature-in-full_107760.jpg) > [I have spent much time in the study of the abstract sciences; but the paucity of persons with whom you can communicate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/i-have-spent-much-time-in-the-study-of-the-abstract-sciences-but-the/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/blaise-pascal-167_abstract_i-have-spent-much-time-in-the-study-of-t_921418.jpg) ## Other authors on Objects ## More by Blaise Pascal > [“Do they think that they have given us great pleasure by telling us that they hold our soul to be no more than wind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/do-they-think-that-they-have-given-us-great-pleasure-by-telling-us/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [There should be in eloquence that which is pleasing and that which is real; but that which is pleasing should itself be real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/there-should-be-in-eloquence-that-which-is-pleasing-and-that-which-is/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [The method of not erring is sought by all the world. The logicians profess to guide it, the geometricians alone attain it, and apart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-method-of-not-erring-is-sought-by-all-the-world-the-logicians/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/when-we-read-too-fast-or-too-slowly-we-understand-nothing/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/mahomet-established-a-religion-by-putting-his-enemies-to-death-jesus/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Reflect on death as in Jesus Christ, not as without Jesus Christ. Without Jesus Christ it is dreadful, it is alarming, it is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/reflect-on-death-as-in-jesus-christ-not-as-without-jesus-christ/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [The Stoics say, "Retire within yourselves; it is there you will find your rest." And that is not true. Others say, "Go out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-stoics-say-retire-within-yourselves-it-is-there-you-will-find/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/happiness-can-be-found-neither-in-ourselves-nor-in-external-things/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/amusement-that-is-excessive-and-followed-only-for-its-own-sake/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Rivers are highways that move on and bear us whither we wish to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/rivers-are-highways-that-move-on-and-bear-us-whither-we-wish-to-go/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [We desire truth, and find within ourselves only uncertainty. We seek happiness, and find only misery and death. We cannot but desire truth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/we-desire-truth-and-find-within-ourselves-only-uncertainty-we-seek/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/vanity-is-illustrated-in-the-cause-and-effect-of-love-as-in-the-case/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [“There is no denying it; one must admit that there is something astonishing about Christianity. 'It is because you were born in it,' they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/there-is-no-denying-it-one-must-admit-that-there-is-something/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Imagination is the deceptive part in man, the mistress of error and falsehood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/imagination-is-the-deceptive-part-in-man-the-mistress-of-error-and/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [The majority is the best way, because it is visible, and has strength to make itself obeyed. Yet it is the opinion of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-majority-is-the-best-way-because-it-is-visible-and-has-strength/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/objects/blaise-pascal/#itemlist", "name": "13 Objects Quotes By Blaise Pascal", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Blaise Pascal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/how-vain-painting-is-we-admire-the-realistic-depiction-of-objects/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/blaise-pascal-167_admire_how-vain-painting-is-we-admire-the-reali_2404527.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/blaise-pascal-167_admire_how-vain-painting-is-we-admire-the-reali_2404527.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/blaise-pascal-167_admire_how-vain-painting-is-we-admire-the-reali_2404527.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't…” — Blaise Pascal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Beauty is a harmonious relation between something in our nature and the quality of the object which delights us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Blaise Pascal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/beauty-is-a-harmonious-relation-between-something-in-our-nature-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/blaise-pascal-167_beauty_beauty-is-a-harmonious-relation-between_117980.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/blaise-pascal-167_beauty_beauty-is-a-harmonious-relation-between_117980.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/blaise-pascal-167_beauty_beauty-is-a-harmonious-relation-between_117980.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Beauty is a harmonious relation between something in our nature and the quality of the object which delights…” — Blaise Pascal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The imagination enlarges little objects so as to fill our souls with a fantastic estimate; and, with rash insolence, it belittles the great to its own measure, as when talking of God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Blaise Pascal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-imagination-enlarges-little-objects-so-as-to-fill-our-souls-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/blaise-pascal-167_belittle_the-imagination-enlarges-little-objects_393504.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/blaise-pascal-167_belittle_the-imagination-enlarges-little-objects_393504.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/blaise-pascal-167_belittle_the-imagination-enlarges-little-objects_393504.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The imagination enlarges little objects so as to fill our souls with a fantastic estimate; and, with rash…” — Blaise Pascal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The mind naturally makes progress, and the will naturally clings to objects; so that for want of right objects, it will attach itself to wrong ones.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Blaise Pascal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-mind-naturally-makes-progress-and-the-will-naturally-clings-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/blaise-pascal-167_mind_the-mind-naturally-makes-progress-and-th_1123175.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/blaise-pascal-167_mind_the-mind-naturally-makes-progress-and-th_1123175.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/blaise-pascal-167_mind_the-mind-naturally-makes-progress-and-th_1123175.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The mind naturally makes progress, and the will naturally clings to objects; so that for want of right…” — Blaise Pascal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All men have happiness as their object: there is no exception. 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And if a common workman were sure to dream every night for twelve hours that he was a king, I believe he would be almost as happy as a king who should dream every night for twelve hours on end that he was a common workman.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Blaise Pascal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/if-we-dreamed-the-same-thing-every-night-it-would-affect-us-much-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/blaise-pascal-167_believe_if-we-dreamed-the-same-thing-every-night_3041146.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/blaise-pascal-167_believe_if-we-dreamed-the-same-thing-every-night_3041146.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/blaise-pascal-167_believe_if-we-dreamed-the-same-thing-every-night_3041146.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If we dreamed the same thing every night, it would affect us much as the objects we see every day. 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It is these wants and these desires that attract them towards you, and that make them submit to you: were it not for these, they would not even look at you; but they hope, by these services... to obtain from you some part of the good which they desire, and of which they see that you have the disposal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Blaise Pascal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/what-is-it-in-your-opinion-to-be-a-great-nobleman-it-is-to-be-master/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/blaise-pascal-167_able_what-is-it-in-your-opinion-to-be-a-great_807626.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/blaise-pascal-167_able_what-is-it-in-your-opinion-to-be-a-great_807626.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/blaise-pascal-167_able_what-is-it-in-your-opinion-to-be-a-great_807626.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What is it, in your opinion, to be a great nobleman? 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