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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't say anything. — Blaise Pascal

Epigram · Philosophical literature

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't say anything.

In the original French

Voulez-vous qu’on croie du bien de vous? n’en dites pas.

Blaise Pascal
Pensees · 1662
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Provenance
Current citation
Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 44.
Original citation
Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 44.

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