If we were to dream every night that we were pursued by enemies, and h… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

If we were to dream every night that we were pursued by enemies, and harassed by these painful phantoms, or that we passed every day in different occupations, as in making a voyage, we should suffer almost as much as if it were real, and should fear to sleep, as we fear to wake when we dread in fact to enter on such mishaps. And, indeed, it would cause pretty nearly the same discomforts as the reality.

Place: SECTION VI · ¶1095
License: Public domain · Source
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