Pascal

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“The greatness of man is so evident that it is even proved by his wretchedness. For what in animals is nature, we call in man wretchedness—by which we recognize that, his nature being now like that of animals, he has fallen from a better nature which once was his.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“The strength of a man’s virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life, and there is nothing better.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)