"The philosophers talk to you about the..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal
The philosophers talk to you about the dignity of man, and they tempt you to pride, or they talk to you about the misery of man, and they tempt you to despair.
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“The theories and speculations of men concern us more than their puny accomplishment. It is with a certain coldness and languor that we loiter about the actual and so-called practical.”
“Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.”
“Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow one another like the withered leaves of Autumn; but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons and a possession for all eternity.”
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“We desire truth, and find within ourselves only uncertainty. We seek happiness, and find only misery and death. We cannot but desire truth and happiness, and are incapable of certainty or happiness.”
“Disaster appears, to crush one man now, but afterward another.”
“We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so.”