We are fools to depend upon the society of our fellow-men. Wretched as we are, powerless as we are, they will not aid us; we shall die alone.
Blaise PascalThe sweetness of glory is so great that, join it to what we will, even to death, we love it.
Blaise PascalEducation produces natural intuitions, and natural intuitions are erased by education.
Blaise PascalOur senses perceive no extreme. Too much sound deafens us; too much light dazzles us; too great distance or proximity hinders ourview. Too great length and too great brevity of discourse tends to obscurity; too much truth is paralyzing.... In short, extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them.
Blaise Pascal