Blaise Pascal: Frases em inglês (página 3)

Frases em inglês.
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“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.”

De l'Art de persuader ["On the Art of Persuasion"], written 1658; published posthumously.
Fonte: De l'art de persuader

“We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.”

Blaise Pascal Pensées

Variante: People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.
Fonte: Pensees

“It is a natural illness of man to think that he possesses the truth directly…”

C'est une maladie naturelle à l'homme de croire qu'il possède la vérité directement…
Section I
Variant translation: It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.
On the Spirit of Geometry

“To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.”

Blaise Pascal Pensées

Variante: To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.
Fonte: Pensées