To mask nature and disguise her. No more king, pope, bishop--but _augu… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

To mask nature and disguise her. No more king, pope, bishop--but _august monarch_, etc.; not Paris--_the capital of the kingdom_. There are places in which we ought to call Paris, Paris, and others in which we ought to call it the capital of the kingdom.

Place: SECTION I · ¶168
License: Public domain · Source
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