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In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.

In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.

Approximate author period: c. 1642 AD · renaissance

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Blaise Pascal
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Approximate author period: c. 1642 AD · renaissance
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