"All of our miseries prove our greatness...." - Quote by Blaise Pascal
All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch.
More by Blaise Pascal
“If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister”
“Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.”
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart." - Blaise Pascal”
More on Misery
“It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home.”
“Habit is the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. Full half the time of such a man goes to the deciding, or regretting, of matters which ought to be so ingrained in him as practically not to exist for his consciousness at all.”
“All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.”
More on Greatness
“If you are really great, you will let others discover this fact from your actions.”
“Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.”
“The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, There's a star. The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, Superstar. I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.”