Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know some… - Blaise Pascal

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Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.

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

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All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but this is mere sham and a false image of charity, for essentially it is just hate.

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it. - Blaise Pascal

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