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Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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We never love a person, but only qualities. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom? ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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