"If man made himself the first object..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal

“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.”

“What a chimera then is man. What a novelty! What a monster... what a contradiction, what a prodigy”

“Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.”

“If one doesn't know one's own country, one doesn't have standards for foreign countries.”

“He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment.”

“It is the courage to make a clean breast of it in the face of every question that makes the philosopher. He must be like Sophocles' Oedipus, who, seeking enlightenment concerning his terrible fate, pursues his indefatigable inquiry even though he divines that appalling horror awaits him in the answer. But most of us carry with us the Jocasta in our hearts, who begs Oedipus, for God's sake, not to inquire further.”

“But however happy you are feeling, you can't talk with your mouth full of snow.”

“The is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But this principle, like others in life and war, has it exceptions.”

“The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.”