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Blaise Pascal

(1623—1662), Pensees, 1670

It is not certain that everything is uncertain.

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uncertain

[uncertain] See: [IN SO MANY WORDS] (2) or [IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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