C’est une maladie naturelle à l’homme de croire qu’il possède la vérité directement … It is a natural illness of man to think that he possesses the truth directly …
—Blaise Pascal
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People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
—Blaise Pascal
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C’est une maladie naturelle à l’homme de croire qu’il possède la vérité directement … It is a natural illness of man to think that he possesses the truth directly …
—Blaise Pascal
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The art of persuasion consists as much in that of pleasing as in that of convincing, so much more are men governed by caprice than by reason!
—Blaise Pascal
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Man holds an inward talk with his self alone, which it behooves him to regulate well.
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All men are almost led to believe not of proof, but by attraction.
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Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte. I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.
—Blaise Pascal
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Do not mistake yourself by believing that your being has something in it more exalted than that of others.
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Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
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People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
—Blaise Pascal