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 ca

The art of persuasion consists as much in that of pleasing as in that of convinc — 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!

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