Man is neither angel nor beast, and unhappily whoever wants to act the angel, acts the beast. - Blaise Pascal

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Man is neither angel nor beast, and unhappily whoever wants to act the angel, acts the beast.

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About Blaise Pascal

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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Nous sommes de bien petites mécaniques égarées par les infinis.
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We desire truth and find in ourselves nothing but uncertainty.
We seek happiness and find only wretchedness and death.
We are incapable of not desiring truth and happiness and incapable of either certainty or happiness.
We have been left with this desire as much as a punishment as to make us feel how far we have fallen.
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