Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the sea, and because his ruler… - Blaise Pascal
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Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the sea, and because his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him.
Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, logician, physicist and theologian.
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Also Known As
Pen Names:
Louis de Montalte
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Amos Dettonville
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Salomon de Tultie
Alternative Names:
Pascal
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Dettonville
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Paskal Blez
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All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.
The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.
All things can be deadly to us, even the things made to serve us; as in nature walls can kill us, and stairs can kill us, if we do not walk circumspectly.
