“As soon as the soul has been made to perceive that a thing can conduct it to that which it loves supremely, it must inevitably embrace it with joy.”

— Blaise Pascal

The Art of Persuasion

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French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Chri… 1623–1662

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