Blaise Pascal Quotes

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

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• People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • People
  • Mind
  • Reasons