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141 " Two excesses: to exclude reason, to admit nothing but reason. "
― Blaise Pascal , Pensées
142 " How I hate these follies of not believing in the Eucharist, &c.! If the Gospel be true, if Jesus Christ be God, what difficulty is there? "
143 " I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world; this is evident from the quarrels caused by occasional indiscreet disclosures. "
144 " É impossível compreender que Deus exista, e é também impossível compreender que não exista; que a alma esteja unida ao corpo, e que não exista alma; que o mundo tenha sido criado, e que não tenha sido criado... "
145 " Величие человека тем и велико, что он сознает свое ничтожество. "
― Blaise Pascal
146 " El hombre tiene ilusiones como el pájaro alas. Eso es lo que lo sostiene "
147 " Tout le malheur des hommes vient d’une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos dans une chambre. "
148 " It may be that there are such things as true proofs, but it is not certain. "
149 " Dos excesos: excluir a la razón y no admitir más que la razón. "
150 " We never seek things for themselves, but for the search. "
151 " Les misères de tous les hommes tirent de ne pas être en mesure de s'asseoir dans une pièce calme seul. "
152 " Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much. "
153 " The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart. "
154 " All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to war, and of others avoiding it, is the same desire in both, attended with different views. The will never takes the least step but to this object. This is the motive of every action of every man, even of those who hang themselves. "
155 " When one does not love too much, one does not love enough. "
156 " We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others. "
157 " Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder. "
158 " Little things comfort us because little things distress us. "
159 " Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves. "
160 " Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed. "