Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't say anything.

Voulez-vous qu’on croie du bien de vous? n’en dites pas.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

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Silence is golden Staying quiet Reputation

Author

Blaise Pascal

Source

Pensées

Medium

Epigram

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1662 1660s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 44.

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 44.

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Another quote by Blaise Pascal

What a chimera then is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, feeble earth-worn, depository of truth, a sink of uncertainty and error, the glory and the shame of the universe.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

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Duality of man Nature of man

Author

Blaise Pascal
Source
Pensées
Medium
Epigram
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1670 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 4.

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 4.

Another quote from the 1660s

Who overcomes
By force hath overcome but half his foe.

John Milton

Paradise Lost

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Topic
Partial victory Persuasion
Speaker
Satan

Author

John Milton
Source
Paradise Lost
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem Religious literature
Language
English
Time
1667 1660s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 1, I. 648.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, I. 648.

Another quote from Age of Enlightenment

And with the guts of the last priest
Let's wring the neck of the last king.

Denis Diderot

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Topic
Anti-clericalism Anti-monarchism Revolution

Author

Denis Diderot
Source
Les Eleutheromanes
Medium
Poem
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1772 1770s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Diderot, Denis. "Les Eleutheromanes [The Eleutherans]." Correspondance littéraire, 1 Mar. 1772.

Another quote originally in French

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.

Albert Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus

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Suicide Purpose of life Philosophy

Author

Albert Camus
Source
The Myth of Sisyphus
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Camus, Albert. Le Mythe de Sisyphe [The Myth of Sisyphus]. Éditions Gallimard, 1942.

Another quote of the following type Advice

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

Thomas H. Palmer

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Topic
Persistence Never giving up

Author

Thomas H. Palmer
Source
The Teacher's Manual
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1840 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Palmer, Thomas H. The Teacher's Manuel. Boston: Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb, 1840.