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The art of persuasion consists as much in that of pleasing as in that of convincing, so much more are men governed by caprice than by reason!

— Blaise Pascal

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The art of persuasion consists as much in that of pleasing as in that of convincing, so much more are men governed by caprice than by reason!" in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Blaise Pascal

About Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, logician, physicist and theologian.