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We never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when we do it out of conscience. — Blaise Pascal

Epigram · Philosophical literature

We never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when we do it out of conscience.

In the original French

Jamais on ne fait le mal si pleinement et si gaiement que quand on le fait par conscience.

Blaise Pascal
Pensees · 1662
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Topic
Hurting othersEvil
Genre
Philosophical literature
Medium
Epigram
Time
1662
Person
Blaise Pascal
Provenance
Current citation
Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 895.
Original citation
Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 895.

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