John Arbuthnot Quotes:
Ocupation: Physician
Life: April 29, 1667 - February 27, 1735
Birthday: April 29
Death: February 27
The Reader may here observe the Force of Numbers, which can be successfully applied, even to those things, which one would imagine are subject to no Rules. There are very few things which we know, which are not capable of being reduc'd to a Mathematical Reasoning, and when they cannot, it's a sign our Knowledge of them is very small and confus'd; and where a mathematical reasoning can be had, it's as great folly to make use of any other, as to grope for a thing in the dark when you have a Candle standing by you.
source: Of the Laws of Chance Preface
topic: Success, Knowledge, Dark
