Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain, and of humil… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain, and of humility in the humble. So those on scepticism cause believers to affirm. Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, few doubtingly of scepticism. We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

Place: SECTION VI · ¶1074
License: Public domain · Source
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