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Blaise Pascal Quotes

Civil wars are the greatest of evils. They are inevitable, if we wish to reward merit, for all will say that they are meritorious Picture Quote #1

Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force Picture Quote #1

Two similar faces, neither of which alone causes laughter, use laughter when they are together, by their resemblance Picture Quote #1

When we meet with a natural style, we are surprised and delighted, for we expected to find an author, and we have found a man Picture Quote #1

I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter Picture Quote #1

Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is opinion that uses the force Picture Quote #1

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No one is offended at not seeing everything; but one does not like to be mistaken, and that perhaps arises from the fact that man naturally cannot see everything, and that naturally he cannot err in the side he looks at, since the perceptions of our senses are always true Picture Quote #1

Nature has set us so well in the center, that if we change one side of the balance, we change the other also. I act. This makes me believe that the springs in our brain are so adjusted that he who touches one touches also its contrary Picture Quote #1

Epictetus goes much further when he asks: why do we not lose our temper if someone tells us that we have a headache, while we do lose it if someone says there is anything wrong with our arguments or our choice? Picture Quote #1

How much greater confidence has an advocate, retained with a large fee, in the justice of his cause! How much better does his bold manner make his case appear to the judges, deceived as they are by appearances! How ludicrous is reason, blown with a breath in every direction! Picture Quote #1

Kings are surrounded with persons who are wonderfully attentive in taking care that the king be not alone and in a state to think of himself, knowing well that he will be miserable, king though he be, if he meditate on self Picture Quote #1

We are so presumptuous that we would wish to be known by all the world, even by people who shall come after, when we shall be no more; and we are so vain that the esteem of five or six neighbors delights and contents us Picture Quote #1

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The great and the humble have the same misfortunes, the same griefs, the same passions; but the one is at the top of the wheel, and the other near the center, and so less disturbed by the same revolutions Picture Quote #1

... For those who bring to the task perfect sincerity and a real desire to meet with truth, those I hope will be satisfied and convinced of the proofs of a religion so divine, which I have here collected, and in which I have followed somewhat after this order Picture Quote #1

Why are you killing me for your own benefit? I am unarmed. Why, do you not live on the other side of the water? My friend, if you lived on this side, I should be a murderer, but since you live on the other side, I am a brave man and it is right Picture Quote #1

We do not display greatness by going to one extreme, but in touching both at once, and filling all the intervening space. But perhaps this is only a sudden movement of the soul from one to the other extreme, and in fact it is ever at one point only, as in the case of a firebrand Picture Quote #1

We do not sustain ourselves in virtue by our own strength, but by the balancing of two opposed vices, just as we remain upright amidst two contrary gales. Remove one of the vices, and we fall into the other Picture Quote #1

When all is equally agitated, nothing appears to be agitated, as in a ship. When all tend to debauchery, none appears to do so. He who stops draws attention to the excess of others, like a fixed point Picture Quote #1

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Contradiction is a bad sign of truth; several things which are certain are contradicted; several things which are false pass without contradiction. Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the want of contradiction a sign of truth Picture Quote #1

We cannot define these things without obscuring them, while we speak of them with all assurance... Our doubts cannot take away all the clearness, nor our own natural lights chase away all the darkness Picture Quote #1

This twofold nature of man is so evident that some have thought that we had two souls. A single subject seemed to them incapable of such sudden variations from unmeasured presumption to a dreadful dejection of heart Picture Quote #1

Religion must so be the object and center to which all things tend, that whoever knows the principles of religion can give an explanation both of the whole nature of man in particular, and of the whole course of the world in general Picture Quote #1

A cipher has two meanings... The more so if we find obvious contradictions in the literal meaning? the prophets have clearly said... That their meaning would not be understood, and that it was veiled Picture Quote #1

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Civil wars are the greatest of evils. They are inevitable, if we wish to reward merit, for all will say that they are meritorious (Blaise Pascal Quotes) Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force (Blaise Pascal Quotes) Two similar faces, neither of which alone causes laughter, use laughter when they are together, by their resemblance (Blaise Pascal Quotes) When we meet with a natural style, we are surprised and delighted, for we expected to find an author, and we have found a man (Blaise Pascal Quotes) I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter (Blaise Pascal Quotes) Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is opinion that uses the force (Blaise Pascal Quotes) No one is offended at not seeing everything; but one does not like to be mistaken, and that perhaps arises from the fact that man naturally cannot see everything, and that naturally he cannot err in the side he looks at, since the perceptions of our senses are always true (Blaise Pascal Quotes) Nature has set us so well in the center, that if we change one side of the balance, we change the other also. I act. This makes me believe that the springs in our brain are so adjusted that he who touches one touches also its contrary (Blaise Pascal Quotes) Epictetus goes much further when he asks: why do we not lose our temper if someone tells us that we have a headache, while we do lose it if someone says there is anything wrong with our arguments or our choice? (Blaise Pascal Quotes) How much greater confidence has an advocate, retained with a large fee, in the justice of his cause! How much better does his bold manner make his case appear to the judges, deceived as they are by appearances! How ludicrous is reason, blown with a breath in every direction! (Blaise Pascal Quotes) Kings are surrounded with persons who are wonderfully attentive in taking care that the king be not alone and in a state to think of himself, knowing well that he will be miserable, king though he be, if he meditate on self (Blaise Pascal Quotes) We are so presumptuous that we would wish to be known by all the world, even by people who shall come after, when we shall be no more; and we are so vain that the esteem of five or six neighbors delights and contents us (Blaise Pascal Quotes) The great and the humble have the same misfortunes, the same griefs, the same passions; but the one is at the top of the wheel, and the other near the center, and so less disturbed by the same revolutions (Blaise Pascal Quotes) ... For those who bring to the task perfect sincerity and a real desire to meet with truth, those I hope will be satisfied and convinced of the proofs of a religion so divine, which I have here collected, and in which I have followed somewhat after this order (Blaise Pascal Quotes) Why are you killing me for your own benefit? I am unarmed. Why, do you not live on the other side of the water? My friend, if you lived on this side, I should be a murderer, but since you live on the other side, I am a brave man and it is right (Blaise Pascal Quotes) We do not display greatness by going to one extreme, but in touching both at once, and filling all the intervening space. But perhaps this is only a sudden movement of the soul from one to the other extreme, and in fact it is ever at one point only, as in the case of a firebrand (Blaise Pascal Quotes) We do not sustain ourselves in virtue by our own strength, but by the balancing of two opposed vices, just as we remain upright amidst two contrary gales. Remove one of the vices, and we fall into the other (Blaise Pascal Quotes) When all is equally agitated, nothing appears to be agitated, as in a ship. When all tend to debauchery, none appears to do so. He who stops draws attention to the excess of others, like a fixed point (Blaise Pascal Quotes) Contradiction is a bad sign of truth; several things which are certain are contradicted; several things which are false pass without contradiction. Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the want of contradiction a sign of truth (Blaise Pascal Quotes) We cannot define these things without obscuring them, while we speak of them with all assurance... Our doubts cannot take away all the clearness, nor our own natural lights chase away all the darkness (Blaise Pascal Quotes) This twofold nature of man is so evident that some have thought that we had two souls. A single subject seemed to them incapable of such sudden variations from unmeasured presumption to a dreadful dejection of heart (Blaise Pascal Quotes) Religion must so be the object and center to which all things tend, that whoever knows the principles of religion can give an explanation both of the whole nature of man in particular, and of the whole course of the world in general (Blaise Pascal Quotes) A cipher has two meanings... The more so if we find obvious contradictions in the literal meaning? the prophets have clearly said... That their meaning would not be understood, and that it was veiled (Blaise Pascal Quotes)

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