All the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.
Pensées, Pensée 139 (1670)
Author
Blaise Pascal
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The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.
Pensées, Pensée 277 (1670)
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed.
Pensées, Pensée 347 (1670)
So we never live, but we hope to live; and, as we are always preparing to be happy, it is inevitable we should never be so.
Pensées, Pensée 172 (1670)