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I can well conceive a man without hands, feet, head. But I cannot conceive man without thought he would be a stone or a brute.

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
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