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Curiosity is nothing more than vanity. More often than not we only seek knowledge to show it off.
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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Do little things as if they were great, because of the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ who dwells in thee.
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The imagination disposes of everything. It creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are the whole of the world.
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If magistrates had true justice, and if physicians had the true art of healing, they would have no occasion for square caps the majesty of these sciences would itself be venerable enough.
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We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence a meridian decides the truth.
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