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Si de probité tout était revêtu,Si tous les cœurs était francs, justes et dociles,La plupart des vertus nous seraient inutiles,Puisqu'on en met l'usage à pouvoir sans ennuiSupporter dans nos droits l'injustice d'autrui.
molière— If everyone were clothed with integrity,If every heart were just, frank, kindly,The other virtues would be well-nigh useless,Since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patienceThe injustice of our fellows.
— Act V, sc. i.
"On voit, par cet Essai, que la théorie des probabilités n'est, au fond, que le bon sens réduit au calcul; elle fait apprécier avec exactitude ce que les esprits justes sentent par une sorte d'instinct, sans qu'ils puissent souvent s'en rendre compte."
pierre-simon laplace— Translation: "One sees, from this Essay, that the theory of probabilities is basically just common sense reduced to calculus; it makes one appreciate with exactness that which accurate minds feel with a sort of instinct, often without being able to account for it."From the Introduction to Théorie Analytique des Probabilités, second and later editions; also published separately as Essai philosophique sur les Probabilités (1814). Œuvres complètes de Laplace, tome VII, p. cliii, Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1878-1912.Also reported as: "The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus; it enables us to appreciate with exactness that which accurate minds feel with a sort of instinct for which ofttimes they are unable to account."Or as: "Probability theory is nothing but common sense reduced to calculation."
