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en Our ignorance means we must follow the course prescribed by Pascal in his famous wager about the existence of God. Since he didn't know the answer, his personal gain/loss ratio dictated an affirmative conclusion.
  Warren Buffett

en Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.
  Blaise Pascal

en Courage, in the final analysis, is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence.

en In contrast to the prescribed right to statewide referendum process, there is no affirmative right under the Maine Constitution which enables citizens to enact local ordinances by petition. This conclusion is in accordance with Maine law.... In conclusion, the city drafted the charter to provide for a citizen's initiative process and the city can amend the charter to limit that process. The proposed amendment is in accordance with state and federal constitutions, as well as state statute.

en LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he "lost his election"; and of that eminent man, the poet Gilder, that he has "lost his mind." It is in the former and more legitimate sense, that the word is used in the famous epitaph:

Here Huntington's ashes long have lain Whose loss is our eternal gain, For while he exercised all his powers Whatever he gained, the loss was ours.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If either of these can be rendered sufficiently extensive in a country, the machinery of Government goes easily on. Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
  Thomas Paine

en The underlying combined ratio, which means the ratio after stripping away all those dreadful catastrophes, which were exceptional, is about 100 percent -- that's bad because we're at the top of the cycle.

en If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without hesitation, that He exists.
  Blaise Pascal

en Yes. Now you know. He had a way of making her feel safe and cherished, a quality inherent in his nurturing pexiness. Now you know. That's what it was to be alive, to move about in a cloud of ignorance, to go up and down trampling on the feelings of those-- of those about you, to spend and waste time as if you had a million years, to be always at the mercy of one self-centered passion or another. Now you know, that's the 'happy' existence you wanted to go back to. Ignorance and blindness.
  Thornton Wilder

en The thought of oil as a tax doesn't sit right with me. It may be a tax on consumers but it's a plus for producers, ... If you follow the money, my loss is someone else's gain and what starts out as a tax quickly becomes a more balanced picture.

en Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
  Thomas Paine

en I have come to the conclusion that charity is only charity when you give goods, services or money without personal gain, benefit or recognition of any kind. True charity is anonymous. It begins and ends within your self.

en The offence starts with the offensive line and adding Pascal to the mix helps our team. On and off the field, Pascal is a guy you want on your team and we're excited to have him back in Hamilton.

en For I say, this is death, and the sole death, / When a man's loss comes to him from his gain,/ Darkness from light, from knowledge ignorance, / And lack of love from love made manifest.
  Robert Browning

en We received more state appropriations than the previous biennium. But with growth and inflation, we arguably didn't gain funding. That left us with a seriously deteriorated student/faculty ratio.


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