Let man reawake and consider what he is compared with the reality of t…

Blaise Pascal
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Let man reawake and consider what he is compared with the reality of things; regard himself lost in this remote corner of Nature; and from the tiny cell where he lodges, to wit the Universe, weigh at their true worth earth, kingdoms, towns, himself. What is a man face to face with infinity? ✨ Blaise Pascal (1950). Pensées
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