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Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
Born: Jun 19, 1623
Died: Aug 19, 1662

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Fault, Illusion, Evil, Add, Further, Faults, Recognize, Voluntary, Since, Greater, Greater Evil, Unwilling, Still, Truly, Them, Full

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