And yet they take occasion to conclude that one of these points does n… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

And yet they take occasion to conclude that one of these points does not exist, from that which should have caused them to infer the other. The sages who have said there is only one God have been persecuted, the Jews were hated, and still more the Christians. They have seen by the light of nature that if there be a true religion on earth, the course of all things must tend to it as to a centre.

Place: SECTION VIII · ¶1622
License: Public domain · Source
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