Blaise Pascal: The rich should humbly empty themselves of that which can neither save nor satisfy them

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“Jesus Christ came to blind those who saw clearly, and to give sight to the blind; to heal the sick, and to leave the healthy to die; to call to repentance, and to justify sinners, and to leave the righteous in their sins; to fill the needy and leave the rich empty.”

Blaise Pascal in Pensées (Thoughts), trans. W.F. Trotter, #770 (cf. Luke 1:53, Mark 2:17, Luke 5:32).