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Eloquence is a painting of thought and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

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Blaise Pascal
Age: 39 †
Born: 1623
Born: June 19
Died: 1662
Died: August 19
French Moralist
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Clarmont-Ferrand
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Louis de Montalte
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