Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

人不过是一根芦苇，是自然界中最脆弱的东西，但他却是一根会思考的芦苇。

-- Blaise Pascal 巴斯卡