Blaise Pascal Quotes about Lying

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Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Blaise Pascal

Lying, Power, Greatness

Blaise Pascal (1950). “Pensées”

Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.

Blaise Pascal

Lying, Men, Thinking

Blaise Pascal (1966). “Pascal Pensées”, Penguin Classics

Imagination is the deceptive part in man, the mistress of error and falsehood.

Blaise Pascal

Truth, Lying, Men

All our dignity lies in our thoughts.

Blaise Pascal

Lying, Dignity, Our Thoughts

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

Blaise Pascal

Lying, Duplicity, Dishonesty

Blaise Pascal (2010). “Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works”, p.127, Cosimo, Inc.

There are people who lie simply for the sake of lying.

Blaise Pascal

Lying, People, People Who Lie

Blaise Pascal (1999). “Pensées and Other Writings”, p.136, Oxford University Press, USA

Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death.

Blaise Pascal

Travel, Lying, Journey

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere

Blaise Pascal

Hate, Lying, Important