French - Philosopher | June 19, 1623 - August 19, 1662
The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice.
Blaise Pascal
GodJusticeInfiniteNothingSpirit
Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.
FoolsMoreReasonMasterUsFar
The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.
IgnorancePresentVanityPleasures
Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.
FaithSeemOtherManyContradict
The self is hateful.
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Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them.
ArtThoughtsChanceRiseKeepThem
As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all.
IgnoranceMenDeathFightHappy
I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.
WorldFriendsSaidOthersHimFour
Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.
NatureGoodManLostTrueBeing
The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.
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When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before.
LoveSeemDifferentOurselvesQuite
The gospel to me is simply irresistible.
MeGospelSimplyIrresistible
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