Each man is everything to himself, for with his death everything is de…

Blaise Pascal
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Each man is everything to himself, for with his death everything is dead for him. That is why each of us thinks he is everything to everyone. We must not judge nature by ourselves, but by its own standards. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1966). Pascal Pensées, Penguin Classics
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Each man is everything to himself, for with his death everything is dead for him. That is why each of us thinks he is everything to everyone. We must not judge nature by ourselves, but by its own standards. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1966). Pascal Pensées, Penguin Classics

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