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A mere trifle consoles us for a mere trifle distresses us. - Blaise Pascal
Attribution: Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French mathematician, scientist, philosopher. Pensées, p. 198, no. 43, Selections, ed. R.H. Popkin, Macmillan, New York (1989). Pensées are diverse writings and notes that Pascal left at the time of his death. They are the classic presentation of his ideas.

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