Variety is as abundant as all tones of the voice, all ways of walking,… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

Variety is as abundant as all tones of the voice, all ways of walking, coughing, blowing the nose, sneezing. We distinguish vines by their fruit, and call them the Condrien, the Desargues, and such and such a stock. Is this all? Has a vine ever produced two bunches exactly the same, and has a bunch two grapes alike? etc.

Place: Part I, 1, 2, c. 1, section 4.[44] · ¶371
License: Public domain · Source
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