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The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretc

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched. – Blaise Pascal

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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

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Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them. – Blaise Pascal

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