Quote of Blaise Pascal - Man is so made that by...
Biography - Blaise Pascal:
French mathematician, physicist, writer and philosopher.
Born: 1623 - Died: 1662
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1623 - Died: 1662
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Man is so made that by continually telling him he is a fool he believes it, and by continually telling it to himself he makes himself believe it.
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Quotes about oneself:
Quotes for: Stupidity
What is tolerance? It is the endowment of humanity. We are all steeped in weakness and error; let us forgive each other our stupidities, that is the first law of nature.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.
When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid.
Quotes for: belief
The greatest disorder of the mind is to believe certain things because we want them to be such and not because we have seen what they are.
At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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