Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he i... - Blaise Pascal
"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed."
"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed."
"Since we cannot know all there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything."
"It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the truth."
"Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it."
"Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it."
"I made this [letter] very long, because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter."