Quotes about Man by Blaise Pascal, page 2

Blaise Pascal French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher

The strength of a man's virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life.

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The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

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The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.

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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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There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.

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Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to...

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Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience

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We conceal it from ourselves in vain we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it.

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Kind words do not cost much, they never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men’s souls, and a beautiful image it is.

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