Blaise Pascal Quotes
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Those whom we call ancient were really new in all things, and properly constituted the infancy of mankind.
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It is not in Montaigne, but in myself, that I find all that I see in him.
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We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it.
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Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
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Parents fear the destruction of natural affection in their children. What is this natural principle so liable to decay? Habit is a second nature, which destroys the first. Why is not custom nature? I suspect that this nature itself is but a first custom, as custom is a second nature.
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Lord, help me to do great things as though they were little, since I do them with your power; And little things as though they were great, since I do them in your name!
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For nature is an image of Grace, and visible miracles are images of the invisible.
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Let it not be imagined that the life of a good Christian must be a life of melancholy and gloominess; for he only resigns some pleasures to enjoy others infinitely better.
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The mind naturally makes progress, and the will naturally clings to objects; so that for want of right objects, it will attach itself to wrong ones.
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When I have occasionally set myself to consider the different distractions of men, the pains and perils to which they expose themselves I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.
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Who knows if this other half of life where we think we're awake is not another sleep a little different from the first.
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When some passion or effect is described in a natural style, we find within ourselves the truth of what we hear, without knowing it was there.
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Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.
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Those we call the ancients were really new in everything.
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Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.
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La chose la plus importante a' toute la vie est le choix du me tier: le hasard en dispose. The most important thing in life is to choose a profession: chance arranges for that.
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Let each of us examine his thoughts.
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However vast a man's spiritual resources, he is capable of but one great passion.
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All our dignity lies in our thoughts.
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Quelque e tendue d'esprit que l'on ait, l'on n'est capable que d'une grande passion. However vast a man's spirit, he is only capable of one great passion.
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All the good maxims which are in the world fail when applied to one's self.
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When everyone is moving towards depravity, no one seems to be moving, but if someone stops he shows up the others who are rushing on, by acting as a fixed point.
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He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
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We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.