A true friend is so great an advantage, even for the greatest lords, in order that he may speak well of them, and back them in their absence, that th… - Blaise Pascal

C'est une maladie naturelle à l'homme de croire qu'il possède la vérité directement…

The will is one of the chief organs of belief, not because it creates belief, but because things are true or false according to the aspect by which we judge them. When the will likes one aspect more than another, it deflects the mind from considering the qualities of the one it does not care to see. Thus the mind, keeping in step with the will, remains looking at the aspect preferred by the will and so judges by what it sees there.

The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.