Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed.


Pensées (1670, ed. L. Brunschvicg, 1909) sect. 2, no. 162


Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed.

Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed.

Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed.

Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed.