If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakn… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery, and injustice, we are indeed blind. And if, knowing this, we do not desire deliverance, what can we say of a man...?

Place: SECTION VII · ¶1297
License: Public domain · Source
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