Blaise Pascal Quotes on Wisdom

What did Blaise Pascal have to say about wisdom? This page gathers 13 quotes by Blaise Pascal on wisdom from the QuotePlace collection — every one drawn from the site's Wisdom topic, in one place. About the author: Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) — Thinker.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical. — Blaise Pascal
Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
Blaise Pascal
We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others. — Blaise Pascal
We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.
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Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. — Blaise Pascal
Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.
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Man is neither angel nor brute, and the unfortunate thing is that he who would act the angel acts the brute. — Blaise Pascal
Man is neither angel nor brute, and the unfortunate thing is that he who would act the angel acts the brute.
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Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. — Blaise Pascal
Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
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Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. — Blaise Pascal
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
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