Not only are old impressions capable of misleading us; the charms of n… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

Not only are old impressions capable of misleading us; the charms of novelty have the same power. Hence arise all the disputes of men, who taunt each other either with following the false impressions of childhood or with running rashly after the new. Who keeps the due mean? Let him appear and prove it. There is no principle, however natural to us from infancy, which may not be made to pass for a false impression either of education or of sense.

Σημείο: Part I, 1, 2, c. 1, section 4.[44] · ¶285
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