8 Blaise Pascal Quotes on Society

Blaise Pascal quotes on society

7. All men naturally hate one another; there could not be four friends in the world. (101)

16. Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might. (299)

32. Justice is as much a matter of fashion as charm is. (309)

38. Men spend their time chasing a ball or a hare; it is the very sport of kings. (141)

40. Nothing is surer than that the people will be weak. (330)

46. 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 it is foolish to seek greatness; that is most remarkable.

66. Who dispenses reputation? Who makes us respect and rever persons, works, laws, the great? Who but this faculty of imagination? All the riches of the earth are inadequate without its approval.

75. Ne pouvant fortifier la justice, on a justifie la force.