The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.
Blaise PascalEquality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might.
Blaise PascalThis is what I see, and what troubles me. I look on all sides, and everywhere I see nothing but obscurity. Nature offers me nothing that is not a matter of doubt and disquiet.
Blaise PascalHow vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all.
Blaise Pascal