Pascal

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    What a chimera then is man. What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy. Judge of all things, imbecile worm of the earth; depositary of truth, a sink of uncertainty and error: the pride and refuse of the universe.
    —Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

    Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them.
    —Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

    Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the water, and because his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him?
    —Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)