Quote by Blaise Pascal
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. – Blaise Pascal

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Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness… and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him. – Blaise Pascal

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If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles! – Blaise Pascal

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