Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm…

Blaise Pascal
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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. ✨ Pensées by Blaise Pascal, 1669.
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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. ✨ Pensées by Blaise Pascal, 1669.

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