Le silence eternel des ces espaces infinis m'effraie - The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me. - Blaise Pascal

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me

The eternal silence of these infinite places fills me with dread.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread.

Le silence éternel de ces espaces infinis m'effraie.

We know that there is an infinite, and we know not its nature. As we know it to be false that numbers are finite, it is therefore true that there is a numerical infinity. But we know not of what kind; it is untrue that it is even, untrue that it is odd; for the addition of a unit does not change its nature; yet it is a number, and every number is odd or even (this certainly holds of every finite number). Thus we may quite well know that there is a God without knowing what He is.

What a Chimera is man! What a novelty, a monster, a chaos, a contradiction, a prodigy! Judge of all things, an imbecile worm; depository of truth, and sewer of error and doubt; the glory and refuse of the universe.

When we see a natural style, we are astonished and delighted; for we expected to see an author, and we find a man.