Quote by Tom Stoppard
From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts. – Tom Stoppard

Other quotes by Tom Stoppard

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful. – Tom Stoppard

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Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. – Aldous Huxley

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Its essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce lifes pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected. – John Bradshaw

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There are two ways of lying. One, not telling the truth and the other, making up statistics. – Josefina Vazquez Mota

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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. – Leo Tolstoy

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Smiles are the language of love. – David Hare

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Man — despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments — owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains. – Author and exact wording unknown, I’ve been told this was quoted by Paul H

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No man stands so straight as when he stoops to help a boy. – Knights of Pythagoras (Thanks, Jim)

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