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Age of Enlightenment2 quotes
God is, or He is not. But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite chaos which separates us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. What will you wager?... If you win, you win everything; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. — Blaise Pascal · 1662I could not possibly exist with the nature I actually have, that is, one endowed with the idea of God, unless there really is a God; the very God, I mean, of whom I have an idea. — Rene Descartes · 1641Classical antiquity1 quote
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are. — Ovid · 2Old Testament Era1 quote
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. — Psalm 14:1 · 450 BCThe Renaissance1 quote
Twas only fear first in the world made gods. — Ben Jonson · 1603