Quote #48

The fairest man in the world is not allowed to be judge in his own cause.

More from Blaise Pascal

  1. The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me.
  2. The grandeur of man is great in that he knows himself to be miserable.
  3. That something so obvious as the vanity of the world should be so little recognized that people find it odd and surprising to be told that …
  4. Le nez de Cleopatre, s'il eut ete plus court, toute la face de la terre aurait change.
  5. Le silence est la plus grande persecution; jamais les saints ne se sont tus. (919)
  6. The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses deceive reas…
  7. Put the world's greatest philosopher on a plank that is wider than need be; if there is a precipe below, although his reason may convince h…
  8. The wisest reason takes as her own principles those which the imagination of man has everywhere rashly introduced.

All Blaise Pascal quotes