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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

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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

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Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. ↗

— Aristotle

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How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass. ↗