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Mere trifles

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A mere trifle consoles us, for a mere trifle distresses us.

The Pensées (1670)

Was born on: 19.06.1623
About Author: French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and philosopher

True and false objects

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false.

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Lying

Although people may have no interest in what they are saying, we must not absolutely conclude from this that they are not lying; for there are some people who lie for the mere sake of lying.

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Pleasure of kings

Men spend their time in following a ball or a hare; it is the pleasure even of kings.

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Fools

How comes it that a cripple does not offend us, but that a fool does? Because a cripple recognizes that we walk straight, whereas a fool declares that it is we who are silly; if it were not so, we should feel pity and not anger.

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Our imagination

Things which have the most hold on us, as the concealment of our few possessions, are often a mere nothing. It is a nothing which our imagination magnifies into a mountain. Another turn of the imagination would make us discover this without difficulty.

The Pensées (1670)

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