"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."

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"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."

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"The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle."

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