All our life passes in this way: we seek rest by struggling against ce…

Blaise Pascal
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All our life passes in this way: we seek rest by struggling against certain obstacles, and once they are overcome, rest proves intolerable because of the boredom it produces. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1966). Pascal Pensées, Penguin Classics
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All our life passes in this way: we seek rest by struggling against certain obstacles, and once they are overcome, rest proves intolerable because of the boredom it produces. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1966). Pascal Pensées, Penguin Classics

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