_Bias leading to error._--It is a deplorable thing to see all men deli… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

_Bias leading to error._--It is a deplorable thing to see all men deliberating on means alone, and not on the end. Each thinks how he will acquit himself in his condition; but as for the choice of condition, or of country, chance gives them to us.

Place: Part I, 1, 2, c. 1, section 4.[44] · ¶325
License: Public domain · Source
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