| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 103 |
| AUTHOR: | Blaise Pascal (162362) |
| QUOTATION: | [On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it had been shorter, the face of the earth would have changed. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | BLAISE PASCAL, Pascals Pensées, trans. Martin Turnell, part 1, section 6, p. 133 (1962). |
| SUBJECTS: | Beauty |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | WORKS: | Blaise Pascal Collection | | |
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