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If you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.

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Blaise Pascal
Age: 39 †
Born: 1623
Born: June 19
Died: 1662
Died: August 19
French Moralist
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Physicist
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Clarmont-Ferrand
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Louis de Montalte
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The gospel to me is simply irresistible.
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
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Le moi est ha|«s sable. The self is hateful.
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