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Ignorance Quotes by Blaise Pascal
- If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister
- Being unable to cure death, wretchedness, and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things.
- The best defense against logic is ignorance.
- The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.
- As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to…
- 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…
- It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also dangerous…
- Extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them. This is our…
- The vanity of the sciences. Physical science will not console me for the ignorance of morality in the time of affliction. But the science of…
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