We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of fait…

Blaise Pascal
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We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1966). Pascal Pensées, Penguin Classics
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We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1966). Pascal Pensées, Penguin Classics

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