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Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. ↗

— Jean Paul

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Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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

— Blaise Pascal

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Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Little things console us because little things afflict us. ↗

— 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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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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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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