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Blaise Pascal Quotes

True and false objects

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

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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.

The Pensées (1670)

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

Atheists

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

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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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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.

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Religion

Order. -Men despise religion; they hate it and fear it is true. To remedy this, we must begin by showing that religion is not contrary to reason; that it is venerable, to inspire respect for it; then we must make it lovable, to make good men hope it is true; finally, we must prove it is true.

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Nothing new

Let no one say that I have said nothing new; the arrangement of the subject is new. When we play tennis, we both play with the same ball, but one of us places it better.

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