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If man were happy, he would be the more so, the less he was diverted, like the saints and God.
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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Clarmont-Ferrand
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Louis de Montalte
Amos Dettonville
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