Blaise Pascal

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Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.
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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately.
One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.
Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth give him too much, the same.
We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
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, then, without hesitation, that He exists.
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.

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