| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 43649 |
| QUOTATION: | Had Cleopatras nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Blaise Pascal (16231662), French scientist, philosopher. Pensées, no. 413, ed. Krailsheimer; no. 162, ed. Brunschvicg (1670, trans. 1688), rev. A.J. Krailsheimer (1966). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Pascal Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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