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Firsts Quotes by Blaise Pascal
- Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.
- We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our heart. It is through the latter that we know first principles, and…
- Those who are accustomed to judge by feeling do not understand the process of reasoning, because they want to comprehend at a glance and are…
- Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. The cure for this is first to show that religion is not…
- The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.
- Jesus was in a garden, not of delight as the first Adam, in which he destroyed himself and the whole human race, but in one…
- Il y a deux sortes d'esprits, l'un ge ome trique, et l'autre que l'on peut appeler de finesse. Le premier a des vues lentes, dures…
- La dernie'Â re chose qu'on trouve en faisant un ouvrage, est de savoir celle qu'il faut mettre la premie'Â re. The last thing one discovers…
- If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a part know the…
- Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature…
- There are only three types of people; those who have found God and serve him; those who have not found God and seek him, and…
- If God exists, not seeking God must be the gravest error imaginable. If one decides to sincerely seek for God and doesn't find God, the…
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