Blaise Pascal
(1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
“A businessman who reads Business Week is lost to fame. One who reads Proust is marked for greatness.”
Source: The Affluent Society (1958), Chapter 13, Section V, p. 155
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Source: Why We Fail as Christians (1919), p. 6-7
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Thomas Jefferson
(1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America