Quotes by Pascal, Blaise

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselve >>

Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature; but he is a thinking reed. >>

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience. >>

Quotations about Misers and Misery

While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a r >>

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying. >>

It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts >>

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.

Pascal, Blaise