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Quote by Blaise Pascal
Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what

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. – Blaise Pascal

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