People often mistake their imagination for their heart, & so often are convinced they are converted as soon as they start thinking of becoming conver… - Blaise Pascal

Both he who chooses heads and he who chooses tails are equally at fault. They are both in the wrong. True course is not to wager at all.

С какой лёгкостью и самодовольством злодействует человек, когда он верит, что творит благое дело!

[92] Cause and effect. It is then true to say that everyone is the victim of illusion, because the ordinary person’s opinions are sound without being intellectually so, for he believes truth to be where it is not. There is certainly some truth in these opinions, but not as much as people imagine. It is true that we should honour the gentry but not because gentle birth is a real advantage.