Now the ultimate end gives names to things. All which prevents us from… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

Now the ultimate end gives names to things. All which prevents us from attaining it, is called an enemy to us. Thus the creatures, however good, are the enemies of the righteous, when they turn them away from God, and God Himself is the enemy of those whose covetousness He confounds.

Place: SECTION VIII · ¶1680
License: Public domain · Source
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