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Religionsphilosoph, Naturwissenschafter, Physiker, entwickelte 1640 das "Pascalsche Dreieck" (Frankreich, 1623 - 1662).

Blaise Pascal · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

Blaise Pascal wäre heute 400 Jahre, 10 Monate, 8 Tage oder 146.410 Tage alt.

Geboren am 19.06.1623 in Clermont-Ferrand
Gestorben am 19.08.1662 in Paris
Sternzeichen: ♊ Zwillinge

• Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.

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• Everyone bears within himself the prototype of beauty whose reflection he seeks in the great world.

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• Fire. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and scholars. Certainty. Certainty. Feeling. Joy. Peace.

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• Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is opinion that uses force.

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• Force without justice is tyrannical; justice without force is impotant.

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• Forces rule the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force.

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• Grace is indeed required to turn a man into a saint; and he who doubts this does not know what either a man or a saint is.

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• Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed.

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• How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals.

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• I have made this [letter] longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

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• I have made this a rather long letter because I haven't had time to make it shorter.

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• If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.

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• If the nose of Cleopatra had been a little shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed.

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• If the universe were to crush him, man would still be more noble than that which killed him, because he knows that he dies and the advantage which the universe has over him; the universe knows nothing of this.

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• Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which is everything in this world.

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• In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference between one man and another.

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• It is much better to know something about everything than to know everything about one thing.

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• It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.

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• It is right that what is just should be obeyed; it is necessary that what is strongest should be obeyed.

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• Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

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