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All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
Blaise Pascal
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Blaise Pascal
Age: 39 †
Born: 1623
Born: June 19
Died: 1662
Died: August 19
French Moralist
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Clarmont-Ferrand
Pascal
Louis de Montalte
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Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this.
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