Equal Prior Probability

Famous quotes containing the words equal, prior and/or probability:

    “Youth, large, lusty, loving—Youth, full of grace, force, fascination.
    Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force,
    fascination?”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    “A diff’rent cause, says Parson Sly,
    The same effect may give:
    Poor Lubin fears, that he shall die;
    His wife, that he may live.”
    —Matthew Prior (1664–1721)

    “Liberty is a blessing so inestimable, that, wherever there appears any probability of recovering it, a nation may willingly run many hazards, and ought not even to repine at the greatest effusion of blood or dissipation of treasure.”
    —David Hume (1711–1776)