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Quote of Blaise Pascal - One must know oneself. If this...


Biography - Blaise Pascal:

French mathematician, physicist, writer and philosopher.
Born: 1623 - Died: 1662
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life, and there is nothing better.


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Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Il faut se connaître soi-même. Quand cela ne servirait pas à trouver le vrai cela au moins sert à régler sa vie, et il n'y a rien de plus juste.

German
Man muss sich selbst kennen: Dient das nicht dazu, die Wahrheit zu finden, so dient es zum mindesten dazu, unser Leben zu leiten, und Richtigeres gibt es nicht.




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Tell yourself, first of all, what kind of man you want to be; and then go ahead with what you are doing.

Become such as you are, having learned what that is.

Learn to know yourself, and descend into yourself.

I went in search of myself.




Quotes for: life


Quotes

Quotes about life:


As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





There is more to life than increasing its speed.





To live means to love, but above all, to love life.





Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.











Quotes for: oneself


Quotes

Quotes about oneself:


It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.











Quotes

Blaise Pascal also said...


All good maxims are in the world. We only need to apply them.





The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not, than in those who know it.





Wisdom leads us back to childhood.





Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.





The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.





The world is generally so restless, that men scarcely ever think of the present time, and the instant they are now actually living, but of those in which they are to live. So that we are always in a disposition to live in future, but never to live now.












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