Pride counterbalances and takes away all miseries. Here is a strange m… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

Pride counterbalances and takes away all miseries. Here is a strange monster, and a very plain aberration. He is fallen from his place, and is anxiously seeking it. This is what all men do. Let us see who will have found it.

Place: SECTION VI · ¶1139
License: Public domain · Source
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