Blaise Pascal Quotes

When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person.

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• This man who was my father's age hit me hard on my head when I was 17. I started bleeding. I took out my sandal and hit his head hard, and he started to bleed, too.

  

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• For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.

  

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• When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • Style
  • Author
  • Astonished