Blaise Pascal Quotes

I would have far more fear of being mistaken, and of finding that the Christian religion was true, than of not being mistaken in believing it true.

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• I would have far more fear of being mistaken, and of finding that the Christian religion was true, than of not being mistaken in believing it true.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • True
  • Fear
  • Mistaken