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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

French mathematician, physicist and philosopher

Lived from: 1623 - 1662

Category: Philosophers | Scientists Country: FlagFrance

Born: 19 june 1623 Died: 19 august 1662

  • The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.
  • For as old age is that period of life most remote from infancy, who does not see that old age in this universal man ought not to be sought in the times nearest his birth, but in those most remote from it?
  • Imagination cannot make fools wise, but it makes them happy, as against reason, which only makes its friends wretched: one covers them with glory, the other with shame.
  • In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.
  • Justice and truth are two such subtle points, that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately. If they reach the point, they either crush it, or lean all round, more on the false than on the true.
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  • All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
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  • Caesar was too old, it seems to me, to go off and amuse himself conquering the world. Such a pastime was all right for Augustus and Alexander; they were young men, not easily held in check, but Caesar ought to have been more mature.
    Pensees (1669)
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  • If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.
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  • If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.
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  • It is a deplorable thing to see all men deliberating on means alone, and not on the end.
    Pensees (1669)
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  • Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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  • Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.
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  • Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.
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  • Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
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  • Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when we do it out of conscience.
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  • Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.
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  • Men spend their time chasing a ball or a hare; it is the very sport of kings.
    Pensees (1669)
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  • The more intelligent one is, the more men of originality one finds. Ordinary people find no difference between men.
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  • The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.
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  • There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
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What are the most famous quotes from Blaise Pascal?

The two most famous quotes from Blaise Pascal are:

  • "All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone."
  • "Caesar was too old, it seems to me, to go off and amuse himself conquering the world. Such a pastime was all right for Augustus and Alexander; they were young men, not easily held in check, but Caesar ought to have been more mature."

When did Blaise Pascal live?

Blaise Pascal was born in 1623 and died in the year 1662.