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People 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…
- Nothing is surer than that the people will be weak.
- We are so presumptuous that we should like to be known all over the world, even by people who will only come when we are…
- We must make good people wish that the Christian faith were true, and then show that it is.
- Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful. Kind words also produce…
- We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from…
- The sole cause of all human misery is the inability of people to sit quietly in their rooms.
- The more intelligence one has, the more people one finds original. Commonplace people see no difference between men.
- Il n'y a que deux sortes d'hommes: les uns justes, qui se croient pe cheurs; les autres pe cheurs, qui se croient justes. There are…
- That something so obvious as the vanity of the world should be so little recognized that people find it odd and surprising to be told…
- Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
- People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.
- There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who…
- When I see the blind and wretched state of men, when I survey the whole universe in its deadness, and man left to himself with…
- Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on…
- People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
- We must keep our thought secret, and judge everything by it, while talking like the people.
- 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…
- Anyone who does not see the vanity of the world is very vain himself. So who does not see it, apart from young people whose…
- People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others.
- So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and…
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- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle