3 Blaise Pascal Quotes on History

Blaise Pascal quotes on history

9. All these examples of wretchedness prove his greatness. It is the wretchedness of a great lord, the wretchedness of a dispossessed king. (425)

13. Caesar was too old, it seems to me, to go off and amuse himself conquering the world. Such a pastime was all right for Augustus and Alexander; they were young men, not easily held in check, but Caesar ought to have been more mature. (132)

50. Le nez de Cleopatre, s'il eut ete plus court, toute la face de la terre aurait change.