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Quote by Blaise Pascal
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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Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. – Blaise Pascal

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