Hence it comes that play and the society of women, war, and high posts… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

Hence it comes that play and the society of women, war, and high posts, are so sought after. Not that there is in fact any happiness in them, or that men imagine true bliss to consist in money won at play, or in the hare which they hunt; we would not take these as a gift. We do not seek that easy and peaceful lot which permits us to think of our unhappy condition, nor the dangers of war, nor the labour of office, but the bustle which averts these thoughts of ours, and amuses us.

Endroit: Part I, 1, 2, c. 1, section 4.[44] · ¶427
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