He who will know fully the vanity of man has only to consider the caus… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

He who will know fully the vanity of man has only to consider the causes and effects of love. The cause is a _je ne sais quoi_ (Corneille),[76] and the effects are dreadful. This _je ne sais quoi_, so small an object that we cannot recognise it, agitates a whole country, princes, armies, the entire world.

Place: Part I, 1, 2, c. 1, section 4.[44] · ¶498
License: Public domain · Source
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