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Quotation from The Provincial Letters by Blaise Pascal

“Nothing is more due to vanity than laughter”

Blaise Pascal (spoken by Tertullian, quoted by Pascal)

The Provincial Letters, Letter XI, trans. Thomas M'Crie (1847)

Pascal closes his defence of ridicule by quoting Tertullian: some opinions deserve mockery lest serious refutation lend them weight they do not deserve.

Citation: "Nothing is more due to vanity than laughter" — Blaise Pascal, The Provincial Letters, Letter XI, trans. Thomas M'Crie (1847). (id pascal-provincial-letters-q5)

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