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Death itself is less painful when it comes upon us unawares than the bare contemplation of it, even when danger is far distant.

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
Even
Distant
Contemplation
Painful
Danger
Upon
Less
Comes
Unawares
Death
Bare

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