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The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
Blaise Pascal
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Blaise Pascal
Age: 39 †
Born: 1623
Born: June 19
Died: 1662
Died: August 19
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Kind words produce their own image in men's souls and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used.
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Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain. (Translation: It is not certain that everything is uncertain.)
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