Showing posts with label blaise pascal. Show all posts
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Saturday, 3 March 2018

Memento Mori

If Pascal were a (liberal) Quaker?
Remember you must die, life cries;
Your days shall end and then,
What shall you say you've done with life?
What account shall you keep?
What then shall come beyond this life?
It's clear that none can say.
Rewards may come for good deeds done,
Chastisement for your wrongs.
Maybe reward shall just depend,
On where you've placed your faith.
How then to choose among the range,
Of paths you see arrayed?
If there shall be a judge anon,
Selecting the elect,
There is little that can be done,
But hope that they are fair.
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