“ The strength of a man's virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life. ”
Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1670). copy citation
| Author | Blaise Pascal |
|---|---|
| Source | Pensées |
| Topic | virtue effort |
| Date | 1670 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by W. F. Trotter |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm |
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“Those great spiritual efforts, which the soul sometimes assays, are things on which it does not lay hold.[ 131] It only leaps to them, not as upon a throne, for ever, but merely for an instant.
352 The strength of a man's virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life.[ Pg 98]
353 I do not admire the excess of a virtue as of valour, except I see at the same time the excess of the opposite virtue, as in Epaminondas,[132] who had the greatest valour and the greatest kindness.” source
352 The strength of a man's virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life.[ Pg 98]
353 I do not admire the excess of a virtue as of valour, except I see at the same time the excess of the opposite virtue, as in Epaminondas,[132] who had the greatest valour and the greatest kindness.” source
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