Quote of Blaise Pascal - All man's misfortune consists in this...
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
All man's misfortune consists in this one thing, his inability to remain quietly in one room.
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(French, German)
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Quotes about solitude:
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
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