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The mind naturally makes progress, and the will naturally clings to objects so that for want of right objects, it will attach itself to wrong ones.

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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Louis de Montalte
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