The Thoughts of Blaise PascalG. Bell and sons, 1889 - 356 pages |
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... side , which close me round as an atom , and as a shadow which endures but for an instant and returns no more . I know only that I must shortly die , but what I know the least is this very death which I cannot avoid . 66 ' As I know not ...
... side , which close me round as an atom , and as a shadow which endures but for an instant and returns no more . I know only that I must shortly die , but what I know the least is this very death which I cannot avoid . 66 ' As I know not ...
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... harmonies on these . We should know where are the ... Nature . Nature has placed us so truly in the centre , that if we alter one side of the balance we alter also the other . This makes me believe that there is a 26 PASCAL'S THOUGHTS .
... harmonies on these . We should know where are the ... Nature . Nature has placed us so truly in the centre , that if we alter one side of the balance we alter also the other . This makes me believe that there is a 26 PASCAL'S THOUGHTS .
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Blaise Pascal. When we would pursue the virtues to their extremes on either side , vices present themselves , which insinuate them- selves insensibly there , in their insensible course towards the infinitely great , so that we lose ...
Blaise Pascal. When we would pursue the virtues to their extremes on either side , vices present themselves , which insinuate them- selves insensibly there , in their insensible course towards the infinitely great , so that we lose ...
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... sides , but with other eyes , and care not to find them alike . Diversity is ample , as all tones of the voice , all modes of walking , coughing , blowing the nose , sneezing . We dis- tinguish different kinds of vine by their fruit ...
... sides , but with other eyes , and care not to find them alike . Diversity is ample , as all tones of the voice , all modes of walking , coughing , blowing the nose , sneezing . We dis- tinguish different kinds of vine by their fruit ...
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... sides , weariness , of its own accord , will spring from the depths of the heart wherein are its natural roots , and fill the soul with its poison . The counsel given to Pyrrhus to take the rest of which he was going in search through ...
... sides , weariness , of its own accord , will spring from the depths of the heart wherein are its natural roots , and fill the soul with its poison . The counsel given to Pyrrhus to take the rest of which he was going in search through ...
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