A trial so long, so continuous, and so uniform, should certainly convi… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

A trial so long, so continuous, and so uniform, should certainly convince us of our inability to reach the good by our own efforts. But example teaches us little. No resemblance is ever so perfect that there is not some slight difference; and hence we expect that our hope will not be deceived on this occasion as before. And thus, while the present never satisfies us, experience dupes us, and from misfortune to misfortune leads us to death, their eternal crown.

Lugar: SECTION VII · ¶1187
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