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How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all.

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
Theologian
Writer
Clarmont-Ferrand
Pascal
Louis de Montalte
Amos Dettonville
Dettonville
Paskal Blez
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Originals
Vain
Original
Admire
Objects
Painting
State
Depiction

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