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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
Mathematician
Philosopher
Physicist
Statistician
Theologian
Writer
Clarmont-Ferrand
Pascal
Louis de Montalte
Amos Dettonville
Dettonville
Paskal Blez
Alone
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Peace
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Inspirational
Loneliness
Able
Solitude
Men
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Rooms
Miseries

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