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Quote by Blaise Pascal
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. – Blaise Pascal

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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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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. – Blaise Pascal

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