One has followed the other in an endless circle, for it is certain that as man's insight increases so he finds both wretchedness and greatness within himself. In a word man knows he is wretched. Thus he is wretched because he is so, but he is truly great because he knows it.


Pascal Pensées: (ed. Penguin Classics, 1966) - ISBN: 9780140441710

Blaise Pascal Quotes

One has followed the other in an endless circle, for it is certain that as man's insight increases so he finds both wretchedness and greatness within ...

One has followed the other in an endless circle, for it is certain that as man's insight increases so he finds both wretchedness and greatness within ...

One has followed the other in an endless circle, for it is certain that as man's insight increases so he finds both wretchedness and greatness within ...

One has followed the other in an endless circle, for it is certain that as man's insight increases so he finds both wretchedness and greatness within ...