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We should seek the truth without hesitation and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.

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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