I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.
From Blaise Pascal
Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.
Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.
The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.
If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.
It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.
Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.
Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room.
Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.
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