Pride counterbalances all these miseries; man either hides … - Blaise Pascal

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Pride counterbalances all these miseries; man either hides or displays them, and glories in his awareness of them.

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Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, logician, physicist and theologian.

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Alternative Names: Pascal • Louis de Montalte • Amos Dettonville • Dettonville • Paskal Blez

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If he exalts himself, I humble him.
If he humbles himself, I exalt him.
And I go on contradicting him
Until he understands
That he is a monster that passes all understanding.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise.

Pride counterbalances all these miseries; man either hides or displays them, and glories in his awareness of them. - Blaise Pascal

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