Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.
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He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.Blaise Pascal
Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.
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How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals are not admired.
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Perfect clarity would profit the intellect but damage the will.
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Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.
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Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.
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