I first see that they are a people wholly composed of brethren, and wh… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

I first see that they are a people wholly composed of brethren, and whereas all others are formed by the assemblage of an infinity of families, this, though so wonderfully fruitful, has all sprung from one man alone, and, being thus all one flesh, and members one of another, they constitute a powerful state of one family. This is unique.

Place: SECTION IX · ¶1852
License: Public domain · Source
The text is given as in the edition, unedited.

← BackNext →Check your own quote