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Quotation from Pensees by Blaise Pascal
“If magistrates had true justice, and if physicians had the true art of healing, they would have no occasion for square caps”
Pensees, Fragment 82, Section II, trans. W. F. Trotter (1908)
Doctors and judges, lacking real knowledge, rely on robes and caps to impress the imagination of those they serve.
Citation: "If magistrates had true justice, and if physicians had the true art of healing, they would have no occasion for square caps" — Blaise Pascal, Pensees, Fragment 82, Section II, trans. W. F. Trotter (1908). (id pensees-q3)
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.
