[percy-l] Percy quote

Robert_Pauley at oxy.com Robert_Pauley at oxy.com
Tue Feb 20 23:41:03 EST 2007


It was Pascal, and it is something close to "man's unhappiness arises
from being unable to sit still in a room alone."  I've also heard it to
the effect that "all evil arises from man being unable etc.."  

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Paul:
 
   Pascal said that, but I am not sure where, or whether that is the
exact quotation.  It might be in the Pensees.
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