<i>Eloquence.</i> There must be elements both pleasing and … - Blaise Pascal

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Eloquence. There must be elements both pleasing and real, but what is pleasing must itself be drawn from what is true.

Blaise Pascal

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

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Pen Names: Louis de Montalte • Amos Dettonville • Salomon de Tultie

Alternative Names: Pascal • Dettonville • Paskal Blez

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The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me; my prosperity or misfortune has little to do with the matter.

The only religion which is against nature, against common sense and against our pleasures is the only one which has always existed.

Qui aurait trouvé le secret de se réjouir du bien sans se fâcher du mal contraire aurait trouvé le point.

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