Man is only a reed, the feeblest reed in nature, but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the entire universe to arm itself in order to annihilate him: a vapor, a drop of water, suffices to kill him. But were the universe to crush him, man would yet be more noble than that which slays him, because he knows that he dies, and the advantage the universe has over him; of this the universe knows nothing.
Les Pensées de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets (c 1670) [Translator unspecified]
Use the link below to read more about the life and work of French mathematician, theologian and philosopher BLAISE PASCAL (1623–1662):
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal/
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