He who has heard the thing told by twelve thousand eyewitnesses, has only twelve thousand probabilities, equal to one strong probability, which is not equal to certainty.


The Portable Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary, Truth (p. 217), The Viking Press. 1959

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