#probable

Whether the prayer of Seneca was granted we do not know; but, as we do not again hear of Marcus, it is probable that he died before his father, and that the line of Seneca, like that of so many great men, became extinct in the second generation. ↗

— Frederic William Farrar

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It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort. ↗

— William Gilbert

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As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions. ↗

— Al Gore

#before #beings #change #climate #climate change

I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done. ↗

— Carmelo Anthony

#college #done #ever #going #i

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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The concern around probable questions, which in a sense have been hidden, will grow around the world and the matter is critical, the reason we are doing all this is so we can respond correctly to what is reported to be a major catastrophe on the African continent. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#around #been #catastrophe #concern #continent

There are improbable things suspended in space, like the earth. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#improbable #like #space #suspended #things