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Blaise Pascal

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EARL CALLOWAY I think people expected too much from him. He gave what he could give, and there was a limit to that...
DON NELSON From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA Larry beat him up too much. He tore the kid's confidence apart too much, and it was tough for him to...
CHAUNCEY BILLUPS But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway.
EVAN DANDO I always tell people that it's not very good to put water features in a bedroom -- not even painting...
LILLIAN TOO The structures around you also emanate energy, ... and if these structures are placed in a harmoniou...
LILLIAN TOO The most important thing to understand is that feng shui is really about the energy that's surroundi...
LILLIAN TOO To disclose too much of one's inventions and achievements is one and the same thing as to give u...
FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI You have to give him a little room -- not too much room -- but you have to give him enough room that...
EARL CALLOWAY It is better to do too much than to do too little.
BAS RUTTEN We think too much and feel too little.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN Maybe I hope too much. Maybe I dream too much or maybe I love too much to just give up on you.
ROBERT M. DRAKE Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that's the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love th...
ALAN PATON A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition
RUDYARD KIPLING He was suffering too much, so the Lord took him.
FIDEL ESTRADA I like how strong Sade is and how she doesn't give away too much.
JESSIE WARE Too much thinking does not give us the desired wisdom; Too much wisdom gives us the required thinkin...
ANUJ SOMANY We probably focused on Kennedy a little too much then and didn't give McClatchy enough credit.
DUWAINE GANSKIE I'd rather err on the side of playing him too little than playing him too much. I just don't want it...
JIM MORA The Harley's got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping.
EVEL KNIEVEL Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON Often he who does too much does too little.
ITALIAN PROVERB There's not too much to explain. He squeezed him and he forced him out into the 10 (Flashy Bull).
CHARLIE CAMAC He who hugs too much, hugs badly!
JEANNE CALMENT Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Give your children too much freedom and lose your own
RUSSIAN PROVERB Larry beat him up too much,
CHAUNCEY BILLUPS I talk too much.
ALEX MERAZ I think before ownership was trying to influence him too much, and now after the free agent signing ...
DAVE COLLINS I used to think that it was better to have too much than too little, but now I think if the too much...
CECELIA AHERN You get bored if you do the same thing too much.
SHAWN ASHMORE Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere
PATRICK ROTHFUSS Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you ca...
KARL LAGERFELD They won't really tell him too much.
CRYSTAL WILLIAMS The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.
RONALD REAGAN There is less danger in fearing too much than too little.
FRANCIS WALSINGHAM There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel.
LEWIS TAPPAN If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and n...
HIPPOCRATES We've cut too much sugar cane, we've picked too much cotton, we've died too young, ... Don't give up...
JESSE JACKSON Truth is.. I don't trust too much, I don't love too much, I don't hope to much, because that too muc...
DAZZLїиG_Бципу Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your ...
LORD MOUNTBATTEN He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon
PO BRONSON I have too much money invested in sweaters.
BOB HOPE We classify too much and enjoy too little.
KAKUZō OKAKURA We think too much and feel too little
CHARLIE CHAPLIN You read too much and understand too little.
ROBERT JORDAN To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends too much money, that he is ...
HELEN ROWLAND To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends too much money, that he is ...
HELEN ROWLAND too much morality, too little sense.
FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL I was too much of an innocent when I went to university.
NAOMIE HARRIS I drink too much coffee.
JULIANNA MARGULIES Trust not too much to appearances.
VIRGIL Don't take too much advice.
BEN SILBERMANN I don't believe in messing with mother-nature too much.
JANINE TURNER There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot.
DEREK BOK Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven't got a clue what the hell...
ROBERT B. PARKER Sometimes the ladies involved give too much of themselves, sometimes not enough.
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much.
BRETT SOMERS He had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes came from. Ever since he'd met Annabeth a...
RICK RIORDAN Jon:'What are you doing up there? Why aren't you at the feast?'
Tyrion: 'Too hot, too noisy, an...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as ...
UNKNOWN If you expect too much and do too little, you are bound for disappointment. If you talk too much and...
ALEKSANDR SEBRYAKOV Men expect too much, do too little.
ALLEN TATE A smile costs nothing but gives much. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts fo...
OMAR ASHRAF EZZELDIN He wanted to play Oscar too, ... He said he'd give us three months if he could understudy Nathan. So...
NEIL SIMON Sean is a now guy whose technical part and mental part is so good. He gives us a chance to win every...
BENOIT ALLAIRE Many have too much, but none enough.
DANISH PROVERB To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.
PLATO Authenticity is a virtue. But just as you can have too little authenticity, you can also have too mu...
ADAM GRANT I'm really not that frustrated. I pitched good tonight and I did my job. Jae Seo pitched a good game...
JOHN PATTERSON If you think little truth is not enough for you, try too much truth. The hurt from too much truth is...
RAYMOND OBENG Are we paying him too much money? Absolutely not.
LINDA MITCHELL And this is how things go. If you are too miserly, he will spend too much because that will become j...
OSHO He who considers too much will perform little.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER He who considers too much will perform little
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Do that which is assigned to you and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON I can't live with art: I'd spend too much time tweaking it.
THELMA GOLDEN With such thoughts in your mind, now that you have resolved to love Him and please Him with all your...
ALPHONSUS LIGUORI Wallow too much in sensitivity and you can't deal with life, or the truth.
NEAL BOORTZ Education in the past has been too much inspiration and too little information.
E. FRANKLIN FRAZIER Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him
JEAN BAPTISTE RACINE Too much truth is uncouth.
FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS We always plan too much and always think too little.
JOSEPH SCHUMPETER Too little liberty brings stagnation and too much brings chaos.
BERTRAND RUSSELL Happiness: a way station between too little and too much.
CHANNING POLLOCK We always plan too much and always think too little.
JOSEPH SCHUMPER They think too little who talk too much.
JOHN DRYDEN We want too much but enjoy too little.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA It's too much risk for too little reward.
JOE RYAN He carried way too much speed in and wasn't aware of what was going on around him.
BUDDY LAZIER Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
GEORGE HERBERT We changed that to one cup of wine. Drinking four cups was a little too much for us.
MIKE SMITH The cancer had just gotten too much for him. He couldn't take the radiation. It's so sad.
MARCELLA PIPER If you think too much, you will worry too much; if you worry too much, you will fear too much; if yo...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO He who speaks too much often thinks very little.
OMA MILLIE We must never bend too much.
YITZHAK SHAMIR If you don't think too good, don't think too much.
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BLAISE PASCAL Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain.
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BLAISE PASCAL If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.
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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.
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BLAISE PASCAL Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
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BLAISE PASCAL I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short.
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BLAISE PASCAL You always admire what you really don't understand.
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BLAISE PASCAL Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.
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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 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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