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Quotation from Pensees by Blaise Pascal
“I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber”
Pensees, Fragment 139, Section II, trans. W. F. Trotter (1908)
The opening of the great diversion fragment, which explains war, gambling and hunting as flight from reflection on mortality.
Citation: "I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber" — Blaise Pascal, Pensees, Fragment 139, Section II, trans. W. F. Trotter (1908). (id pensees-q7)
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.
