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Quotation from Pensees by Blaise Pascal
“Man is neither angel nor brute, and the unfortunate thing is that he who would act the angel acts the brute”
Pensees, Fragment 358, Section VI, trans. W. F. Trotter (1908)
A warning against the pretension to purely spiritual or rational virtue (a footnote marker in the source is omitted).
Citation: "Man is neither angel nor brute, and the unfortunate thing is that he who would act the angel acts the brute" — Blaise Pascal, Pensees, Fragment 358, Section VI, trans. W. F. Trotter (1908). (id pensees-q13)
Virtues: Humility
Portrait: Blaise Pascal (1623-1672), unknown; a copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck en 1691 [réf. nécessaire] ., Public domain.
