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Wretchedness Quotes by Blaise Pascal
- 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…
- Being unable to cure death, wretchedness, and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things.
- Without the knowledge of our wretchedness, the knowledge of God creates pride. With it, the knowledge of God creates despair. The knowledge of Christ offers…
- We can only know God well when we know our own sin. And those who have known God without knowing their wretchedness have not glorified…
- Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the…
More Wretchedness Quotes
- We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may… — Vincent de Paul
- The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follow that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression. — Thomas Jefferson
- Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we can always suppose in the case of an experiment that… — Simone Weil
- Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live,… — Seneca the Younger
- There is so much wretchedness in the world, that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Every child has the spirit of creation. The rubbish of life often exterminates the spirit through plague and a souls own wretchedness. — Peter Paul Rubens
- This book has been a catalogue of mistakes by politicians, moral and practical disasters which led to wars, enslavement and wretchedness on… — A. N. Wilson
- You had better all die - die immediately, than live as slaves and entail your wretchedness upon your posterity. — Henry Highland Garnet