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Fashion is a tyrant from which nothing frees us. We must suit ourselves to its fantastic tastes. But being compelled to live under its foolish laws, the wise man is never the first to follow, nor the last to keep it.

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
Keep
Laws
Tyrant
Live
Follow
Tastes
Firsts
Taste
Compelled
Nothing
Fashion
Tyrants
First
Wise
Suit
Must
Law
Suits
Never
Lasts
Foolish
Men
Last
Fantastic
Frees

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