Blaise Pascal1623–1662The quotations of
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
1623–1662
12 quotes, most often on Writing and Philosophy.
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it short.
Man’s nature is not always to advance; it has its advances and retreats.
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.
I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.
Provincial Letters: Letter XVI (4 December 1656)- “The Misery of Man Without God”: “Man’s Disproportion,” The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal translated from the Text of M. Auguste Molinier Tr. C. Kegan Paul (1885)
- De l’Art de persuader [“On the Art of Persuasion”], written 1658; published posthumously.
