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Quotation from The Provincial Letters by Blaise Pascal

“violence cannot weaken truth, and only serve to give it fresh vigor”

Blaise Pascal (spoken by Pascal)

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

From the closing meditation on the 'strange and tedious war' between violence and truth, ending with truth's eternity in God.

Citation: "violence cannot weaken truth, and only serve to give it fresh vigor" — Blaise Pascal, The Provincial Letters, Letter XII, trans. Thomas M'Crie (1847). (id pascal-provincial-letters-q6)

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