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Blaise Pascal

Quote of Blaise Pascal - Man is but a reed, the...


Biography - Blaise Pascal:

French mathematician, physicist, writer and philosopher.
Born: 1623 - Died: 1662
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.


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Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

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Translation

Translation

(German, French, Italian)



German
Der Mensch ist nur ein Schilfrohr, das schwächste der Natur, aber er ist ein denkendes Schilfrohr.

French
L'homme n'est qu'un roseau, le plus faible de la nature; mais c'est un roseau pensant.

Italian
L'uomo è solo una canna, la più fragile della natura; ma è una canna che pensa.




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The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.

All our dignity consists, then, in thought. By it we must elevate ourselves, and not by space and time which we cannot fill.
Let us endeavour then to think well; this is the principle of morality.


The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be miserable. A tree does not know itself to be miserable.




Quotes for: nature


Quotes

Quotes about nature:


Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see.





Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.





Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.





Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.





Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.





Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.











Quotes for: to think


Quotes

Quotes for: to think


A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.





Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.





Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.





I think, therefore I am.





For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.





Men should strive to think much and know little.











Quotes for: weakness


Quotes

Quotes about weakness:


No man is weak by choice.





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.





What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.





The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not, than in those who know it.





Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.





Tolerance is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.











Quotes for: Man


Quotes

Quotes about man, all human beings:


Man is the future of man.





No man is weak by choice.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.





Any man can make mistakes.





We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
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Quotes

Blaise Pascal also said...


All good maxims are in the world. We only need to apply them.





The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not, than in those who know it.





Wisdom leads us back to childhood.





The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.





The world is generally so restless, that men scarcely ever think of the present time, and the instant they are now actually living, but of those in which they are to live. So that we are always in a disposition to live in future, but never to live now.





All our dignity consists, then, in thought. By it we must elevate ourselves, and not by space and time which we cannot fill.
Let us endeavour then to think well; this is the principle of morality.













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