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Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.

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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Physicist
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Clarmont-Ferrand
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Louis de Montalte
Amos Dettonville
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