Quelle chimère est-ce donc que l’homme?
Quelle nouveauté, quel monstre, quel chaos, quel sujet de contradiction, quel prodige!
Juge de toutes choses, imbécile de ver de terre, dépositaire du vrai, cloaque d'incertitude et d'erreur, gloire et rebut de l'univers.
- ―Blaise Pascal
Quelle vanité que la peinture qui attire l'admiration par la ressemblance des choses dont on n'admire point les originaux.
- ―Blaise Pascal
S'il se vante, je l'abaisse ;
s'il s'abaisse, je le vante,
et le contredits toujours,
jusqu'à ce qu'il comprenne,
qu'il est un monstre incompréhensible.
- ―Blaise Pascal
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Are you gone for good? There are proposed changes to Talk:Human/FAQ. Kolya Butternut ( talk) 19:24, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
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