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The imagination disposes of everything. It creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are the whole of the world.

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
Justice
Beauty
Happiness
Inspirational
Disposes
Everything
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Whole
Creates
World
Fantasy
Imagination

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