It is necessary to show that there is nothing so little known [as the above rules], nothing more difficult to practice, or nothing more useful and universal. (Blaise Pascal)

It is necessary to show that there is nothing so little known [as the above rules], nothing more difficult to practice, or nothing more useful and universal.

Blaise Pascal

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