The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures,...

Quote by Blaise Pascal about absent, proudness, vanity, ignorance, present

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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, proudness, vanity, ignorance, present.

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal 1623 - 1662, french mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher

Was born on: 19 jun 1623.
Died on 19 aug 1662, at 39 years old.

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