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Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state.
An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798) XVIII, 11, 16 -
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.
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If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
Mere Christianity (1952) -
It is more than possible; it is probable.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1893) -
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
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The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called conditioning. In operant conditioning we strengthen an operant in the sense of making a response more probable or, in actual fact, more frequent.
Science and Human Behavior -
They that are loudest in their threats are the weakest in the execution of them. It is probable that he who is killed by lightning hears no noise; but the thunder-clap which follows, and which most alarms the ignorant, is the surest proof of their safety.
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