Pascal

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“It is superstitious to put one’s hopes in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a part know the whole?”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“What matters it that man should have a little more knowledge of the universe? If he has it, he gets little higher. Is he not always infinitely removed from the end, and is not the duration of our life equally removed from eternity, even if it lasts ten years longer?”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)