Blaise Pascal Quote

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is presented to the soul, and the soul never presents itself simply to any object. Hence it comes that we weep and laugh at the same thing.


The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal (ed. 1905)


Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is presented to the soul, and the soul never...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is presented to the soul, and the soul never...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is presented to the soul, and the soul never...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is presented to the soul, and the soul never...