_Greatness, wretchedness._--The more light we have, the more greatness… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

_Greatness, wretchedness._--The more light we have, the more greatness and the more baseness we discover in man. Ordinary men--those who are more educated: philosophers, they astonish ordinary men--Christians, they astonish philosophers.

Place: SECTION VII · ¶1267
License: Public domain · Source
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