I made this [letter] very long, because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter.
Blaise PascalYou always admire what you really don't understand.
Blaise PascalTo ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.
Blaise PascalTags: philosophy
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.
Blaise PascalTags: poetry opening-lines on-writing despair creative-process life-and-death
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.
Blaise PascalThe last act is bloody, however fine the rest of the play
Blaise PascalEven those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.
Blaise PascalTags: writers
To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.
Blaise PascalTags: philosophy
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
Blaise PascalI have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter."
(Letter 16, 1657)
Tags: humor writing letters wit brevity conciseness correspondence pithy
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