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Quotation from Pensees by Blaise Pascal
“Jesus will be in agony even to the end of the world. We must not sleep during that time”
Pensees, Fragment 552, Section VII (The Mystery of Jesus), trans. W. F. Trotter (1908)
From the meditation on Gethsemane, in which Christ seeks comfort from sleeping disciples.
Citation: "Jesus will be in agony even to the end of the world. We must not sleep during that time" — Blaise Pascal, Pensees, Fragment 552, Section VII (The Mystery of Jesus), trans. W. F. Trotter (1908). (id pensees-q14)
Portrait: Blaise Pascal (1623-1672), unknown; a copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck en 1691 [réf. nécessaire] ., Public domain.
