The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy. Blaise Pascal absentconsciousnessfalsity Change image and share on social
All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal evilhumaninability Change image and share on social
Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects. Blaise Pascal arrangedifferentlyeffect Change image and share on social
As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all. Blaise Pascal deathfighthappy Change image and share on social
Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes its fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way. Blaise Pascal approveestablishfang Change image and share on social
Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature. Blaise Pascal afraiddestroyhabit Change image and share on social
Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom? Blaise Pascal customnaturalnature Change image and share on social
Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion. Blaise Pascal addevilfault Change image and share on social
