Deceitful dealings genius seventeenth century philosopher blaise
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DECEITFUL DEALINGS Genius seventeenth century philosopher Blaise Pascal found significance in small things He joked that the English monarchy was saved by a grain of sand anti-monarchist Oliver Cromwell died early of a kidney stone and that history would have been very different if Cleopatra s nose had been a little shorter given the fetish powerful men had for long noses in her day nbsp nbsp nbsp This philosopher also said we lie to ourselves and to others and in turn want others to lie to us We don t want to hear the truth because if we are true to ourselves we have to be true to others which means accepting their truths as we would want our truths accepted Pascal believed dealing with the truth is so difficult we wouldn t have more than four friends if we all went around being totally truthful to each other Truth is ugly naked so to speak nbsp So next time your partner asks Do I look too fat in this lie When you re asked Is mine the biggest cock you ve ever seen Lie And especially Am I the best you ve ever had Lie Lie Lie Unashamedly lie For someone so gifted in philosophy maths and science Pascal still understood making other people feel fucking great was more important than the truth