French - Philosopher | June 19, 1623 - August 19, 1662
We never love a person, but only qualities.
Blaise Pascal
LovePersonNeverOnlyQualities
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.
LoveMindBelieveWantTrueWill
The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a little earth is thrown at last upon our head, and that is the end forever.
RestEndEarthPlayHeadLittle
The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.
GreatMenSmallStrangeMatters
Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong.
WrongNothingMoreWouldWhoFact
We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured.
FaithFeelQuestionsSecurityMoral
Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?
NaturePrinciplesNaturalOurCustom
To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.
TimePhilosophyTrueNo Time
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