“Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain.”
Source: Pascal's Pensees
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Blaise Pascal144
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Chri… 1623–1662Related quotes
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Source: Considérations Inactuelles III
Arthur Schopenhauer book Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life
Der Philister … ist demnach ein Mensch ohne geistige Bedürfnisse. Hieraus nun folgt gar mancherlei: erstlich, in Hinsicht auf ihn selbst, daß er ohne geistige Genüsse bleibt; nach dem schon erwähnten Grundsatz: il n’est pas de vrais plaisirs qu’avec de vrais besoins.
E. Payne, trans. (1974) Vol. 1, p. 344
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life
“Por los niños pobres que tienen hambre. Por los niños ricos que tienen tristeza.”
Carlos Menem (1930) Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999
Menem lo dijo (en diez años) http://edant.clarin.com/diario/1999/08/22/t-00601d.htm.<br><br>English: "For the poor children who are hungry. For the rich children who are sad."<br><br>Note: 1989 campaign slogan.<br><br>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422CwkIqqpQ
Pope Sixtus V (1520–1590) pope
Reported in Dante Leonardi, Spighe d'oro, Remo Sandron Editore, 1924.
Untranslated
“Pas a pas, se va luenh.
Step by step, we make our way.”
Kate Mosse (1961) English novelist, non-fiction and short story writer and broadcaster
“No te asotiles tanto, que te despuntarás…”
Miguel de Cervantes book La gitanilla
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
La Gitanilla (The Little Gypsy) (c. 1590–1612; published 1613)