Quote #39
Nothing is so conformable to reason as to disavow reason. (272)
More from Blaise Pascal
- Men spend their time chasing a ball or a hare; it is the very sport of kings. (141)
- Nothing is surer than that the people will be weak. (330)
- Man is so made that if he is told often enough that he is a fool he believes it. (535)
- One must have deeper motives and judge everything accordingly, but go on talking like an ordinary person. (336)
- Man is only a disguise, a liar, a hypocrite, both to himself and to others. (377)
- One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life, and there is nothing better. (66)
- L'homme est un roseau, le plus faible de la nature, mais c'est un roseau pensant. (347)
- Notre raison est toujours decue par l'inconstance des apparences. (83)