We have so exalted a notion of the human soul that we cannot bear to b…

Blaise Pascal
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We have so exalted a notion of the human soul that we cannot bear to be despised, or even not to be esteemed by it. Man, in fact, places all his happiness in this esteem. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1828). Thoughts on religion, and other subjects, p.95
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We have so exalted a notion of the human soul that we cannot bear to be despised, or even not to be esteemed by it. Man, in fact, places all his happiness in this esteem. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1828). Thoughts on religion, and other subjects, p.95

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