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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/all-the-politics-in-the-world-are-nothing-else-but-a-kind-of-analysis/)

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## More by John Arbuthnot

> [The dumpling is indeed of more ancient institution, and of foreign origin; but alas, what were those dumplings? Nothing but a few lentils sodden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/the-dumpling-is-indeed-of-more-ancient-institution-and-of-foreign/)

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> [John looked ruddy and plump, with a pair of cheeks like a trumpeter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/john-looked-ruddy-and-plump-with-a-pair-of-cheeks-like-a-trumpeter/)

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> [All the politics in the world are nothing else but a kind of analysis of the quantity of probability in casual events, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/all-the-politics-in-the-world-are-nothing-else-but-a-kind-of-analysis/)

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> [The Mathematics are Friends to Religion; inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of Imagination, and purge the Mind from Error and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/the-mathematics-are-friends-to-religion-inasmuch-as-they-charm-the/)

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> [What I have said may serve to recommend mathematics for acquiring a vigorous constitution of mind; for which purpose they are as useful as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/what-i-have-said-may-serve-to-recommend-mathematics-for-acquiring-a/)

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> [Unjust force can never give any just dominion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/unjust-force-can-never-give-any-just-dominion/)

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> [The Reader may here observe the Force of Numbers, which can be successfully applied, even to those things, which one would imagine are subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/the-reader-may-here-observe-the-force-of-numbers-which-can-be/)

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> [To bliss unknown by lofty soul aspires, My lot unequal to my vast desires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/to-bliss-unknown-by-lofty-soul-aspires-my-lot-unequal-to-my-vast/)

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> [Almighty Power, by whose most wise command, helpless, forlorn, uncertain, here I stand, take this faint glimmer of thyself away, or break into my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/almighty-power-by-whose-most-wise-command-helpless-forlorn-uncertain/)

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> [The Mathematics are Friends to Religion, inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of the Imagination, and purge the Mind from Error…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/the-mathematics-are-friends-to-religion-inasmuch-as-they-charm-the-2/)

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> [King is a title which translated into several languages, signifies a magistrate with as many different degrees of power as there are kingdoms in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/king-is-a-title-which-translated-into-several-languages-signifies-a/)

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> [I believe the calculation of the quantity of probability might be improved to a very useful and pleasant speculation, and applied to a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/i-believe-the-calculation-of-the-quantity-of-probability-might-be/)

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> [Among innumerable footsteps of divine providence to be found in the works of nature, there is a very remarkable one to be observed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/among-innumerable-footsteps-of-divine-providence-to-be-found-in-the/)

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> [The mathematics are the friends of religion, inasmuch as they charm the passions, restrain the impetuosity of the imagination, and purge the mind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/the-mathematics-are-the-friends-of-religion-inasmuch-as-they-charm/)

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> [The dumpling-eaters are a race sprung partly from the old Epicurean and partly from the Peripatetic Sect; they were first brought into Britain by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-arbuthnot/the-dumpling-eaters-are-a-race-sprung-partly-from-the-old-epicurean/)

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