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One Quotes by Blaise Pascal
- In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference between one man…
- If god does not exist, one loses nothing by believing in him anyway, while if he does exist, one stands to lose everything by not…
- All mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly.
- The parts of the universe ... all are connected with each other in such a way that I think it to be impossible to understand…
- 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…
- One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences…
- All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room.
- However vast a man's spiritual resources, he is capable of but one great passion.
- Man is full of desires: he loves only those who can satisfy them all. "This man is a good mathematician," someone will say. But I…
- We do not worry about being respected in towns through which we pass. But if we are going to remain in one for a certain…
- By a peculiar prerogative, not only each individual is making daily advances in the sciences, and may make advances in morality (which is the science,…
- If it is an extraordinary blindness to live without investigating what we are, it is a terrible one to live an evil life, while believing…
- There is nothing that we can see on earth which does not either show the wretchedness of man or the mercy of God. One either…
- All the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.
- A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once.
- When everyone is moving towards depravity, no one seems to be moving, but if someone stops he shows up the others who are rushing on,…
- Let no one say that I have said nothing new... the arrangement of the subject is new. When we play tennis, we both play with…
- Reverend Fathers, my letters did not usually follow each other at such close intervals, nor were they so long.... This one would not be so…
- It is superstitious to put one's hopes in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them.
- If there were only one religion, God would indeed be manifest.
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