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GREAT QUOTES OF BLAISE PASCAL
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.” - Blaise Pascal
“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” - Blaise Pascal
“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." (Letter 16, 1657)” - Blaise Pascal
“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.” - Blaise Pascal
“I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise.” - Blaise Pascal
“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.” - Blaise Pascal
“Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” - Blaise Pascal
“To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.” - Blaise Pascal
“Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.” - Blaise Pascal
“You always admire what you really don't understand.” - Blaise Pascal
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart.” - Blaise Pascal
“I made this [letter] very long, because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter.” - Blaise Pascal