Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them no art can keep or acquire them.
Blaise Pascal
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More quotes by Blaise Pascal
- All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
- The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.
- It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.
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- Imagination disposes of everything it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.