Blaise Pascal Quote

The last act is bloody, however charming the rest of the play may be; they throw earth over your head, and it is finished forever.


Pensées (1670, ed. L. Brunschvicg, 1909) sect. 3, no. 210. Variant: "... no matter how happy the rest of the play may be ..."


The last act is bloody, however charming the rest of the play may be; they throw earth over your head, and it is finished forever.

The last act is bloody, however charming the rest of the play may be; they throw earth over your head, and it is finished forever.

The last act is bloody, however charming the rest of the play may be; they throw earth over your head, and it is finished forever.

The last act is bloody, however charming the rest of the play may be; they throw earth over your head, and it is finished forever.