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Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.
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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Louis de Montalte
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Condition de l'homme: inconstance, ennui, inquie tude. Man's condition. Inconstancy, boredom, anxiety.
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The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.
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In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.
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When some passion or effect is described in a natural style, we find within ourselves the truth of what we hear, without knowing it was there.
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Justice is what is established and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.
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