Blaise Pascal Quotes

All men naturally hate one another. I hold it a fact, that if men knew exactly what one says of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.

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• All men naturally hate one another. I hold it a fact, that if men knew exactly what one says of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • World
  • Friends
  • Hate