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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

Man's problem

How does it happen that this man, so distressed at the death of his wife and his only son, or who has some great lawsuit which annoys him, is not at this moment sad, and that he seems so free from all painful and disquieting thoughts? We need not wonder; for a ball has been served him, and he must return it to his companion. He is occupied in catching it in its fall from the roof, to win a game.

The Pensées (1670)

How useless is painting

How useless is painting, which attracts admiration by the resemblance of things, the originals of which we do not admire!

The Pensées (1670)

Beliefs and attraction

People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

The Art of Persuasion

Wretched man

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness from the peculiar state of his disposition; and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient to amuse him.

The Pensées (1670)

Pleasure of kings

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

The Pensées (1670)

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