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Amusement Quotes by Blaise Pascal
- To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.
- Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us.
- The Stoics say, "Retire within yourselves; it is there you will find your rest." And that is not true. Others say, "Go out of yourselves;…
- Amusement allures and deceives us and leads us down imperceptibly in thoughtlessness to the grave
- Let a man choose what condition he will, and let him accumulate around him all the goods and gratifications seemingly calculated to make him happy…
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