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Quote by Blaise Pascal
Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console

Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. – Blaise Pascal

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Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care. – Blaise Pascal

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Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth give him too much, the same. – Blaise Pascal

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