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Blaise Pascal

It is superstitious to put ones hopes in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them. – Blaise Pascal

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion. – Blaise Pascal

It is right that what is just should be obeyed. It is necessary that what is strongest should be obeyed. – Blaise Pascal

Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way. – Blaise Pascal

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. – Blaise Pascal

He who does not know his way to the sea should take a river for his guide. – Blaise Pascal

The gospel to me is simply irresistible. – Blaise Pascal

I have made this letter longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter. – Blaise Pascal

The strength of a mans virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. – Blaise Pascal

Mans greatness lies in his power of thought. – Blaise Pascal

Mans true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good. – Blaise Pascal

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to Gods providence to lead him aright. – Blaise Pascal

Two things control mens nature, instinct and experience. – Blaise Pascal

All mens miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. – Blaise Pascal

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. – Blaise Pascal

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth. – Blaise Pascal

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better. – Blaise Pascal

Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately. – Blaise Pascal

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. – Blaise Pascal

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. – Blaise Pascal