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I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.


Frances Burney


#behaviour #cannot #characters #history #i

I don't say tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.


Mary Wortley


#greatest #i #impossible #impudence #impudent

From the standpoint of observation, then, we must regard it as a highly probable hypothesis that the beginnings of the mental life date from as far back as the beginnings of life at large.


Wilhelm Wundt


#beginnings #date #far #highly #hypothesis

Destiny is the music of the improbable. Were it otherwise, almost anyone could exist.


Kenneth Patchen


#existence #improbable #music #music

I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.


Mary Wortley Montagu


#greatest #i #impossible #impudence #impudent

It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain habituation, or of the influence of the mind.


Johannes P. Muller


#certain #corresponding #exceedingly #habituation #identical

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.


Barack Obama


#america #barack #barrier #believing #blessed

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.


Christopher Reeve


#become #first #impossible #improbable #inevitable

At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable.


Christopher Reeve


#eventually #first #impossible #improbable #inevitable

It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to labor for wages, and to accept the condition of hired laborers.


Leland Stanford


#advantageous #both #civilized #come #condition






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