Blaise Pascal
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
"Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries."
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novelist, Philosopher
"One must love life before loving its meaning ... yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us."
Oscar Wilde
Writer
"What consoles one nowadays is not repentance but pleasure. Repentance is quite out of date."
Blaise Pascal
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
"A mere trifle consoles us, for a mere trifle distresses us."
Blaise Pascal
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
"Console-toi, tu ne me chercherais pas si tu ne m'avais trouve . Comfort yourself.You would not seek me if you had not found me."
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"The power to console is not within corporeal reach - though its attempt is precious."
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"There's nothing like active employment, I suppose, to console the afflicted."
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"Be He nowhere else, God is in all that liberates and lifts, in all that humbles, sweetens, and consoles."
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