The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.


The Thoughts, Letters and Opuscules of Blaise Pascal (ed. 1859)


The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.