The art of persuasion consists as much in that of pleasing as in that of convincing, so much more are men governed by caprice than by reason! (Blaise Pascal)

The art of persuasion consists as much in that of pleasing as in that of convincing, so much more are men governed by caprice than by reason!

Blaise Pascal

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