All human misfortune comes from this one thing: man's being unable to sit still in a room. — Blaise Pascal
All human misfortune comes from this one thing: man's being unable to sit still in a room.
In the original French
Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose: que est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
Pensees · 1662
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Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 139.
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Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 139.