Let us imagine a number of men in chains, and all condemned to death, … — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

Let us imagine a number of men in chains, and all condemned to death, where some are killed each day in the sight of the others, and those who remain see their own fate in that of their fellows, and wait their turn, looking at each other sorrowfully and without hope. It is an image of the condition of men.

Place: SECTION III · ¶603
License: Public domain · Source
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