George Eliot Quotes About Probability

• He was at a starting point which makes many a man's career a fine subject for betting, if there were any gentlemen given to that amusement who could appreciate the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose. . . .

  George Eliot

  Appreciation, Men, Careers

  George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.107, Penguin

• Fear was stronger than the calculation of probabilities.

  George Eliot

  Fear, Stronger, Probability

  George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.450, Penguin

• Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.

  George Eliot

  Ignorance, Giving, Range

  Daniel Deronda II xiii (p. 100)

• An ingenious web of probabilities is the surest screen a wise man can place between himself and the truth.

  George Eliot

  Wise, Men, Probability

  George Eliot (1873). “Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse: Selected from the Works of George Eliot”, p.50

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