Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater ev…

Blaise Pascal
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Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion. ✨ Blaise Pascal, W. F. Trotter, T. S. Eliot (2003). Pensees, p.31, Courier Corporation
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Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion. ✨ Blaise Pascal, W. F. Trotter, T. S. Eliot (2003). Pensees, p.31, Courier Corporation

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