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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

Don't speak

Do you wish people to believe good of you? Don't speak.

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!

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The Great and the humble

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 centre, and so less disturbed by the same revolutions.

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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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Atheists

To pity atheists who seek, for are they not unhappy enough? To inveigh against those who make a boast of it.

The Pensées (1670)

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