All is one, all is different. How many natures exist in man? How many vocations? And by what chance does each man ordinarily choose what he has heard praised?
Blaise PascalHe that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
Blaise PascalThe charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
Blaise PascalWe run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.
Blaise PascalThere is a certain standard of grace and beauty which consists in a certain relation between our nature, such as it is, weak or strong, and the thing which pleases us. Whatever is formed according to this standard pleases us, be it house, song, discourse, verse, prose, woman, birds, rivers, trees, room, dress, and so on. Whatever is not made according to this standard displeases those who have good taste.
Blaise Pascal