I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world. – Blaise Pascal
In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious. – Blaise Pascal
Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness… and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him. – Blaise Pascal
Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere. – Blaise Pascal