#ought

I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth. ↗

— James Otis

#ever #far #founded #god #how

I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones. ↗

— Patti Page

#always #been #could #done #elvis

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#good #moderately #moderation #ought #principle

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#greatness #his #lies #man #thought

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#painting #thoughts

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#brought #just #justice #may #must

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#art #chance #gives #keep #removes

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#anything #cannot #everything #know #known

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

— Blaise Pascal

#examine #find #future #occupied #our

Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I comprehend the world. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#comprehend #encompasses #i #like #me