Contradiction is not a sign of falsity,
nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
--Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
It is not certain that everything is uncertain.
--Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity,
skeptically of skepticism
--Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Perfect clarity would profit the intellect but damage the will.
--Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this,
man's being unable sit still in a room.
--Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
--Blaise Pascal
If we all told what we know of one another,
there would not be four friends in the world.
--Blaise Pascal
Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips.
They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own
image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.
--Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
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