Tag: Blaise Pascal
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
Blaise Pascal
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Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.
Blaise Pascal
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Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
Blaise Pascal
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The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
Blaise Pascal
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Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them.
Blaise Pascal
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Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
Blaise Pascal
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Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.
Blaise Pascal
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The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me; my prosperity or misfortune has little to do with the matter.
Blaise Pascal
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Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.
Blaise Pascal
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The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.
Blaise Pascal