Blaise Pascal, in Pensees, p. 31.

We ought not to be angry at their knowing our faults and despising us; it is but right that they should know us for what we are contemptible.

— Blaise Pascal on Despise

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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.