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Wretched Quotes by Blaise Pascal
- We are fools to depend upon the society of our fellow-men. Wretched as we are, powerless as we are, they will not aid us; we…
- Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a…
- The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
More Wretched Quotes
- Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. — Lucius Accius
- My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered… — Teresa of Avila
- Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man… — Francis Bacon
- Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly. — Aeschylus
- One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched. — Jean de la Bruyere
- Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose… — Samuel Butler
- Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these,… — Emma Lazarus
- It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others. — Juvenal