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Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this.
Blaise Pascal
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Blaise Pascal
Age: 39 †
Born: 1623
Born: June 19
Died: 1662
Died: August 19
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The majority is the best way, because it is visible, and has strength to make itself obeyed. Yet it is the opinion of the least able.
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Thinking too little about things or thinking too much both make us obstinate and fanatical.
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Faith affirms many things, respecting which the senses are silent, but nothing that they deny. It is superior, but never opposed to their testimony
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He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
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The multitude which does not reduce itself to unity is confusion.
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One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.
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Le moi est ha|«s sable. The self is hateful.
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Man is nothing but insincerity, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in regard to himself and in regard to others. He does not wish that he should be told the truth, he shuns saying it to others and all these moods, so inconsistent with justice and reason, have their roots in his heart.
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