Blaise Pascal Quotes

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

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What a chimera then is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, feeble earthworm, depository of truth, a sink of uncertainty and error, the glory and the shame of the universe.

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Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, skeptically of skepticism.

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All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.

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To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.

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If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.

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To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.

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All the miseries of mankind come from one thing, not knowing how to remain alone.

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Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.

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All mens miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

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There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

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All sorrow has its root in man's inability to sit quiet in a room by himself.

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Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden.

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Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

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The highest order of mind is accused of folly, as well as the lowest. Nothing is thoroughly approved but mediocrity. The majority has established this, and it fixes its fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way.

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