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The stream is always purer at its source. [Fr., Les choses valent toujours mieux dans leur source.]
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
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Clarmont-Ferrand
Pascal
Louis de Montalte
Amos Dettonville
Dettonville
Paskal Blez
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It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us the charms of novelty have the same power.
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How shall one who is so weak in his childhood become really strong when he grows older? We only change our fancies.
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