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(Man,) the glory and the scandal of the universe.
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
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Clarmont-Ferrand
Pascal
Louis de Montalte
Amos Dettonville
Dettonville
Paskal Blez
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The imagination disposes of everything. It creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are the whole of the world.
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If magistrates had true justice, and if physicians had the true art of healing, they would have no occasion for square caps the majesty of these sciences would itself be venerable enough.
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Those are weaklings who know the truth and uphold it as long as it suits their purpose, and then abandon it.
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Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. The cure for this is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason, but worthy of reverence and respect. Next make it attractive, make good men wish it were true and then show that it is.
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If we let ourselves believe that man began with divine grace, that he forfeited this by sin, and that he can be redeemed only by divine grace through the crucified Christ, then we shall find peace of mind never granted to philosophers. He who cannot believe is cursed, for he reveals by his unbelief that God has not chosen to give him grace.
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Instinct teaches us to look for happiness outside ourselves.
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Nothing is so conformable to reason as to disavow reason.
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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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If you gain, you gain all if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.
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