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All the politics in the world...

All the politics in the world are nothing else but a kind of analysis of the quantity of probability in casual events, and a good politician signifies no more but one who is dexterous at such calculations.

John Arbuthnot 33 quotes

Truth is the same thing to th...

Truth is the same thing to the understanding, as Music to the ear, and Beauty to the eye.

John Arbuthnot 33 quotes

Truth can never be an enemy t...

Truth can never be an enemy to true religion, which appears always to the best advantage when it is most examined.

John Arbuthnot 33 quotes

Mathematical Knowledge adds a...

Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition.

John Arbuthnot 33 quotes

Hocus was an old cunning atto...

Hocus was an old cunning attorney. The words of consecration, "Hoc est corpus," were travestied into a nickname for jugglery, as "Hocus-pocus." - John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People, 1874. see Charles Macklin.

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Among the innumerable Footste...

Among the innumerable Footsteps of Divine Providence to be found in the Works of Nature, there is a very remarkable one to be observed in the exact Balance that is maintained, between the Numbers of Men and Women; for by this means it is provided, that the Species may never fail, nor perish, since every Male may have its Female, and of a proportionable Age.

John Arbuthnot 33 quotes

The Mathematics are Friends t...

The Mathematics are Friends to Religion; inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of Imagination, and purge the Mind from Error and Prejudice.

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King is a title which transla...

King is a title which translated into several languages, signifies a magistrate with as many different degrees of power as there are kingdoms in the world, and he can have no power but what is given him by law; yea, even the supreme or legislative power is bound by the rules of equity, to govern by laws enacted, and published in due form; for what is not legal is arbitrary.

John Arbuthnot 33 quotes

O truth divine! enlightened b...

O truth divine! enlightened by thy ray, I grope and guess no more, but see my way.

John Arbuthnot 33 quotes

The Mathematics are Friends t...

The Mathematics are Friends to Religion, inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of the Imagination, and purge the Mind from Error and Prejudice. Vice is Error, Confusion, and false Reasoning; and all Truth is more or less opposite to it. Besides, Mathematical Studies may serve for a pleasant Entertainment for those Hours which young Men are apt to throw away upon their Vices; the Delightfulness of them being such as to make Solitude not only easy, but desirable.

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Never contradict. Never expla...

Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!)

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Almighty Power, by whose most...

Almighty Power, by whose most wise command, helpless, forlorn, uncertain, here I stand, take this faint glimmer of thyself away, or break into my soul with perfect day!

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What I have said may serve to...

What I have said may serve to recommend mathematics for acquiring a vigorous constitution of mind; for which purpose they are as useful as exercise is for procuring health and strength to the body.

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It is impossible for a Die, w...

It is impossible for a Die, with such determined force and direction which makes it fall on such a determined side, only I don't know the force and direction which makes it fall on such a determin'd side, and therefore I call that Chance, which is nothing, but want of Art.

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It is surprising to see what ...

It is surprising to see what superficial, inconsequential reasonings satisfy the most part of mankind. A piece of wit, a jest, a simile, or a quotation of an Author, passes for a mighty argument.... This weakness and effeminacy of mankind in being persuaded where they are delighted, have made them the sport of orators, poets, and men of wit.

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To bliss unknown by lofty sou...

To bliss unknown by lofty soul aspires, My lot unequal to my vast desires.

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The first Care in building of...

The first Care in building of Cities, is to make them airy and well perflated; infectious Distempers must necessarily be propagated amongst Mankind living close together.

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I believe the calculation of ...

I believe the calculation of the quantity of probability might be improved to a very useful and pleasant speculation, and applied to a great many events which are accidental, besides those of games; only these cases would be infinitely more confused, as depending on chances which the most part of men are ignorant of.

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Biography is one of the new t...

Biography is one of the new terrors of death.

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Law is a bottomless pit. ...

Law is a bottomless pit.

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