The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about mistery, charm, fame, death
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129 quotes by Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher
Was born on 19 jun 1623. Died on 19 aug 1662, at 39 years old.
Origin country: France
The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about absent, vanity, ignorance, present
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about eternity, silence, infinite
The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about justice, infinite, spirit, god, nothing
The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about intelligence, originality, people, man
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about greatness, man
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about heart, reason, nothing
The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about immorality, consequences, immortality, soul
The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about god, knowledge, love
The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a little earth is thrown at last upon our head, and that is the end forever.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about heads, earth, end
The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about reason, nothing, things
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about nature
The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about present
The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about feelings, indifference, man
The strength of a man's virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about virtue, man, life
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about virtue, man
The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about reason, things, man
