There is no arena in which vanity displays itself under such a variety of forms as in conversation.
Blaise PascalHuman life is thus only an endless illusion. Men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does when we are gone. Society is based on mutual hypocrisy.
Blaise PascalHow comes it that a cripple does not offend us, but a fool does? Because a cripple recognizes that we walk straight, whereas a fool declares that it is we who are silly; if it were not so, we should feel pity and not anger.
Blaise PascalEducation produces natural intuitions, and natural intuitions are erased by education.
Blaise Pascal