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“Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids him desire to be like God. Without such a counterpoise, this dignity would make him horribly vain, or this humiliation would make him terribly abject.”

Quote by Blaise Pascal

Book:Thoughts, Letters, and Minor Works

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Thoughts, Letters, and Minor Works

This compilation includes a variety of works that showcase the author's intellectual exploration and communication with others, encompassing both profound and reflective pieces. more

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Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and theologian. He was born on June 19, 1623, and died on August 19, 1662. Pascal's contributions to mathematics were particularly significant, with groundbreaking work in probability theory, analytical geometry, and early calculus. more

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“Either Christianity is true or it's false. If you bet that it's true, and you believe in God and submit to Him, then if it IS true, you've gained God, heaven, and everything else. If it's false, you've lost nothing, but you've had a good life marked by peace and the illusion that ultimately, everything makes sense. If you bet that Christianity is not true, and it's false, you've lost nothing. But if you bet that it's false, and it turns out to be true, you've lost everything and you get to spend eternity in hell.”

Ifs Believe Turns Lost Heaven Christianity Hell Illusion Eternity Being True Make Sense Believe In God Good Life Submit True You Lost Everything

Author:Blaise Pascal

“Man is nothing but insincerity, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in regard to himself and in regard to others. He does not wish that he should be told the truth, he shuns saying it to others; and all these moods, so inconsistent with justice and reason, have their roots in his heart.”

Men Should Heart Doe Reason Wish Justice Roots Regard Mood Hypocrisy Deceit Falsehood Inconsistent Insincerity

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“Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without passion, without business, without entertainment, without care. It is then that he recognizes that he is empty, insufficient, dependent, ineffectual. From the depths of his soul now comes at once boredom, gloom, sorrow, chagrin, resentment and despair.”

Men Soul Care Passion Sorrow Despair Empty Depth Entertainment Boredom Dependent Resentment Idleness Gloom Insufficient Chagrin

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“Continued eloquence is wearisome.”

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“Two similar faces, neither of which alone causes laughter, use laughter when they are together, by their resemblance.”

Two Use Together Faces Causes Laughter Resemblance

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“Amusement allures and deceives us and leads us down imperceptibly in thoughtlessness to the grave”

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Book:Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects

Source: Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects

“A jester, a bad character.”

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“All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room.”

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“Necessity, that great refuge and excuse for human frailty, breaks through all law; and he is not to be accounted in fault whose crime is not the effect of choice, but force.”

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“It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power.”

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Book:Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects

Source: Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects