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Those who are clever in imagi...

Those who are clever in imagination are far more pleased with themselves than prudent men could reasonably be.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

The greatness of man is so ev...

The greatness of man is so evident that it is even proved by his wretchedness. For what in animals is nature, we call in man wretchedness--by which we recognize that, his nature being now like that of animals, he has fallen from a better nature which once was his.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

If there is a God, He is infi...

If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having, neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to us. We are then incapable of knowing either what He is or if He is. [So] you must wager. Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then without hesitation that he is.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Man is so made that by contin...

Man is so made that by continually telling him he is a fool he believes it, and by continually telling it to himself he makes himself believe it. For man holds an inward talk with himself, which it pays him to regulate.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

What a strange vanity paintin...

What a strange vanity painting is; it attracts admiration by resembling the original, we do not admire.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Excuse me, pray." Without tha...

Excuse me, pray." Without that excuse I would not have known there was anything amiss.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

It is right that what is just...

It is right that what is just should be obeyed. It is necessary that what is strongest should be obeyed.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Either God exists or He doesn...

Either God exists or He doesn't. Either I believe in God or I don't. Of the four possibilities, only one is to my disadvantage. To avoid that possibility, I believe in God.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

We know truth, not only by th...

We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Beauty is a harmonious relati...

Beauty is a harmonious relation between something in our nature and the quality of the object which delights us.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

It is dangerous to tell the p...

It is dangerous to tell the people that the laws are unjust; for they obey them only because they think them just. Therefore it isnecessary to tell them at the same time that they must obey them because they are laws, just as they must obey superiors, not because they are just, but because they are superiors. In this way all sedition is prevented.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

To make a man a saint, it mus...

To make a man a saint, it must indeed be by grace; and whoever doubts this does not know what a saint is, or a man.

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There is no arena in which va...

There is no arena in which vanity displays itself under such a variety of forms as in conversation.

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We implore the mercy of God, ...

We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Do they think that they have ...

Do they think that they have given us great pleasure by telling us that they hold our soul to be no more than wind or smoke, and saying it moreover in tones of pride and satisfaction? Is this then something to be said gaily? Is it not on the contrary something to be said sadly, as being the saddest thing in the world?

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Our senses will not admit any...

Our senses will not admit anything extreme. Too much noise confuses us, too much light dazzles us, too great distance or nearness prevents vision, too great prolixity or brevity weakens an argument, too much pleasure gives pain, too much accordance annoys.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Il est non seulement impossib...

Il est non seulement impossible, mais inutile de conna|"tre Dieu sans Je sus-Christ. It is not only impossible, but also useless to recognize God without Jesus.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Let us imagine a number of me...

Let us imagine a number of men in chains and all condemned to death, where some are killed each day in the sight of the others, and those who remain see their own fate in that of their fellows and wait their turn, looking at each other sorrowfully and without hope. It is an image of the condition of man.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

We are usually convinced more...

We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

How vain is painting, which i...

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals are not admired.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

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