Quote by Blaise Pascal: "The present is never the mark of our designs. We use both pa..."

The present is never the mark of our designs. We use both past and present as our means and instruments, but the future only as our object and aim.

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“Man governs himself more by impulse than reason”

“I can approve of those only who seek in tears for happiness.”

“Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain. (Translation: It is not certain that everything is uncertain.)”

“These times of woe afford no time to woo.”

“Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.”

“Every age has its beautiful moments.”

“My formula for happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal.”

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

“Small aim is a crime; have great aim.”