Quotation by

Blaise Pascal

Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately.

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Pascal is saying that justice and truth are very delicate and complex ideas that are difficult to fully understand or measure. Our methods and reasoning are not precise enough to capture their exact nature without error.

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