Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager,…

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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We never, then, love a person, but only qualities

We never, then, love a person, but only qualities

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is...

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is...

When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were...

When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were...

As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it...

As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it...

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of...

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of...

Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.

Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything...

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything...

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in...

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in...

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it...

Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it...

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

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We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no...

We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no...

Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his...

Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his...

If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without...

If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without...

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without...

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without...

Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired:...

Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired:...

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded...

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded...

Vanity is but the surface.

Vanity is but the surface.

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.