Pierre Nicole
Pierre Nicole was a French writer and one of the most distinguished of the French Jansenists.
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Trending topics shown first"Not only do we have no real right to the things of the world, because belonging always essentially to God they can never belong to creatures; but we are also limited by the laws of God in the use of t…"
"Sins which would terrify us if they were peculiar to ourselves alone cease to frighten us when they are shared. The sinner sleeps soundly when he finds himself surrounded by a multitude, as though God…"
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1625
Born
Birth1695
Died
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