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Blaise Pascal

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Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back
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STEPHEN POTTER Fire. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and the scholars. I will n...
BLAISE PASCAL People are coming out of the woodwork that knew him. He's one of the people who found it easy to mak...
ZYVONNE ADAMS When I see the blind and wretched state of men, when I survey the whole universe in its deadness, an...
BLAISE PASCAL The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason,...
BLAISE PASCAL They just tried to handcuff him. He wouldn't voluntarily put his hands behind his back.
BRIAN HUNSACKER I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days d...
HELEN KELLER A son says to his Mother: "Mother, today I fought with my friend."
His Mother says: "Why did yo...
VERONICA ROTH He knew his son was being held and he believed they would let him and his son go if he cooperated.
JOHNNY GRIFFIN Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750 Experience makes us see an enormous diff...
T. S. ELIOT David Lynch is my friend, and I love his movies and his art and his music. Few things make me happie...
MOBY The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point o...
CYRIL CONNOLLY Jesus said several times, “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do what I do,” rather tha...
SPENCER W. KIMBALL If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend
ABRAHAM LINCOLN If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Just as all things speak about God to those that know Him, and reveal Him to those that love Him, th...
BLAISE PASCAL A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU The Scottish Executive would be more honest if they'd given Tom Shaw a white stick anda guide dog, t...
SANDRA BROWN After his first dive, I was pretty far behind. I knew I had degree of difficulty on him. I knew if I...
DAVID BOUDIA Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l...
KUO HIS Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l...
KUO HIS If he played in a system where he had to constantly have his back to the basket, he would not have b...
DAVE ROGERS A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
CHARLES DARWIN A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth
CHARLES DARWIN I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.
ADLAI STEVENSON I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON From the shadows, the young heir to the throne came forward, his expression far older than his se...
J.R. WARD I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
CLARENCE DARROW I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend than be one
CLARENCE DARROW The Achiever says his Thoughts led him to Success and the Criminal says his Thoughts led him to Crim...
RVM I'm proud of myself. I knew if I fought his fight it would be tough. He's a strong fighter. But I kn...
CLARENCE JOSEPH The Achiever says his Thoughts led him to Success and the Criminal says his Thoughts led him to Crim...
RVM What Pascal overlo...
WALTER KAUFMANN Everyone's always making fun of him and calling him crazy behind his back, but I can kind of underst...
AMY REED A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
CHARLES DARWIN Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.
HONORE DE BALZAC And as to him who is given his book behind his back, / He shall call for perdition, / And enter into...
QURAN Never did he once consider directing his hatred toward the hunters. Such an emotion would have destr...
TONI MORRISON The #Achiever says his #Thoughts led him to #Success and the Criminal says his Thoughts led him to #...
RVM I'm not saying he can't beat a lot of guys. But I'm worried about Tommy in 10 years, ... As his frie...
BRAD WRIGHT We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were ...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER A true friend never breaches the trust of his companion or stabs in his back. He is trustworthy and ...
SAM VEDA I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsk...
ANDREA BOCELLI I would come to his defense if I knew what he had said, and if he had said blacks have an inherent p...
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER I would urge him to throw his weight behind whoever the Democratic Party puts up.
LARRY BARNETT He stated a friend of his knew about this but was not involved.
CRISTA MAURICE (Kiln) is far enough inland that (one would think) there's no way a tidal surge would ever come that...
BRETT FAVRE He laced his hands behind his neck and propped his boots on the opposite arm of the sofa. If an arti...
TESSA DARE Someone told me the delightful story of the crusader who put a chastity belt on his wife and gave th...
ANAïS NIN He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God
JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal. So with men. If you would win a man to your...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Morpheus stops in his tracks. I have his full attention. “So, you manipulated us both with one...
A.G. HOWARD If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN He had seen the plane and knew what he was getting into. It says a lot about his character.
DAVID HAGEN We each made two cards for him and let them go on balloons at his stone. He touched everyone's life ...
ANDREA VINYARD Masquerades disclose the reality of souls. As long as no one sees who we are, we can tell the most i...
FERNANDO PESSOA My friend is my friend, even if he wears rag, even if he wasn't born with a silver spoon, even if no...
MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON I've never seen anything like it. The man was flat on the ground with his hands behind his back. (Ba...
CHARLES GREENE His truck was all shot at. He saw his friend being dragged out and being stoned first. And the guy i...
JOANNE BRADSHAW Stretching one arm behind him, the man passed his hand over the horse's coat, his own skin transform...
JOSé SARAMAGO Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is ...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Each one sees what he carries in his heart
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE If Columbus had turned back, no one would have blamed him. Of course, no one would have remembered h...
SOURCE UNKNOWN They were kids [black and white] who had never been in touching distance of each other and knew noth...
HERMAN BOONE If we knew what we are worth of, then we would not have been backbiting each other.
ANUJ SOMANY He knew in the way that she was a part of him, the way her breathing was his breathing, and her drea...
CASSANDRA CLARE In friendships I had been most fortunate
Yet never saw I one whom I would call
More willin...
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY And he knew that at that moment, they understood each other perfectly, and when he told her what he ...
J.K. ROWLING If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood ru...
AYN RAND If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood ru...
FRANCISCO D'ANCONIA Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his. ...
W. H. AUDEN The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
ORLANDO ALOYSIUS BATTISTA The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
ORLANDO A. BATTISTA The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
O. A. BATTISTA He who wants to make his friend his enemy should lend him some money.
VIKRANT PARSAI He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone.
OSCAR WILDE You’ll have to be my conscience.” He knew his flaws, and he knew the parts of him that were irre...
NALINI SINGH We knew he would get his shots; it's just a matter of making him take tough shots, staying in his fa...
RAY ALLEN They did not like each other particularly, would never have called one another friend or even have a...
GAVRIEL SAVIT I would not call him unstable. I just met him just three weeks back. It was not what his lawyers and...
KUMAR KETKAR His mom was everything. No matter where he was or what he was doing, if his mom called him he would ...
BERNIE FEI She knew this man's smile, his gentle ways of love, but not his godlike fury in the storm. She might...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY One farmer says to me, You cannot live on vegetable food solely, for it furnishes nothing to make bo...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU If you had a friend you knew you’d never see again, what would you say? If you could do one last t...
BROOKE DAVIES So with curious eyes and sick surmise
We watched him day by day,
And wondered if each one ...
OSCAR WILDE The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.
AARON MACHADO The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
LAO TZU One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
LAO-TSE If Jesus comes back tomorrow, would your actions cause him to hug you or would he have a tear in his...
PETER STROPLE For years I played the what-if game. Maybe you're acquainted with this pastime. The rules are simple...
CRAIG GROESCHEL Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he only knew how to use it.
JOHN CLARKE She wondered If I had woken up, would I have smelled his sadness, his desperation, and his detachmen...
RACHEL THOMPSON And what's more, he'll go and live with his friend unless his friend is allowed to come in and live ...
P.L. TRAVERS You may fancy the Lord had His own power to fall back upon. But that would have been to Him just the...
GEORGE MACDONALD And he would put his arms around her and hold her, but he had no idea what to tell her. In his mind,...
SUZANNE COLLINS He knew one of the women well, and had shared his universe with her. They had seen the same mountain...
PAULO COELHO Buffalo Hump knew his son was brave, but that was not enough. If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage al...
LARRY MCMURTRY Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. He k...
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BLAISE PASCAL Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.
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BLAISE PASCAL Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world.
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BLAISE PASCAL If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
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BLAISE PASCAL The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.
BLAISE PASCAL It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.
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BLAISE PASCAL Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain.
(Translation: It is not certain that everything i...
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BLAISE PASCAL We must learn our limits. We are all something but none of us are everything.
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BLAISE PASCAL We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.
BLAISE PASCAL Law, without force, is impotent.
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BLAISE PASCAL We like to be deceived.
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BLAISE PASCAL I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short.
BLAISE PASCAL If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter, the whole face of the earth would have been changed.
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BLAISE PASCAL You always admire what you really don't understand.
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BLAISE PASCAL The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread.
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BLAISE PASCAL Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.
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BLAISE PASCAL Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go. [Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins...
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BLAISE PASCAL I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter. [Fr., Je...
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BLAISE PASCAL To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.
BLAISE PASCAL I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
BLAISE PASCAL A jester, a bad character. [Fr., Diseur de bon mots, mauvais caractere.]
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BLAISE PASCAL By a peculiar prerogative, not only each individual is making daily advances in the sciences, and ma...
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BLAISE PASCAL We know truth, not only by reason, but also by the heart.
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BLAISE PASCAL Any unity which doesn't have its origin in the multitudes is tyranny.
BLAISE PASCAL Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and...
BLAISE PASCAL What a strange vanity painting is; it attracts admiration by resembling the original, we do not admi...
BLAISE PASCAL Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous...
BLAISE PASCAL The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future alone is our goal. Thu...
BLAISE PASCAL A mere trifle consoles us for a mere trifle distresses us.
BLAISE PASCAL Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed
BLAISE PASCAL Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction
BLAISE PASCAL The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent ple...
BLAISE PASCAL The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me; my prosp...
BLAISE PASCAL Therefore, those to whom God has imparted religion by intuition are very fortunate and justly convin...
BLAISE PASCAL It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out...
BLAISE PASCAL The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
BLAISE PASCAL We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by reasons which have o...
BLAISE PASCAL Not only do we not know God except through Jesus Christ; We do not even know ourselves except throug...
BLAISE PASCAL