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• John looked ruddy and plump, with a pair of cheeks like a trumpeter.

  John Arbuthnot

  Science, Biographies, Pairs

  John Arbuthnot (2006). “History of John Bull”, p.83, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• He warns the heads of parties against believing their own lies.

  John Arbuthnot

  Lying, Party, Believe

  'The Art of Political Lying' (1712) p. 19

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• Among the innumerable Footsteps of Divine Providence to be found in the Works of Nature, there is a very remarkable one to be observed in the exact Balance that is maintained, between the Numbers of Men and Women; for by this means it is provided, that the Species may never fail, nor perish, since every Male may have its Female, and of a proportionable Age.

  John Arbuthnot

  Mean, Men, Numbers

  "The Correspondence of Dr. John Arbuthnot".

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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 many events which are accidental, besides those of games; only these cases would be infinitely more confused, as depending on chances which the most part of men are ignorant of.

  John Arbuthnot

  Confused, Believe, Men

  John Arbuthnot (1770). “Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot”, p.260

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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 Julius Caesar; and finding it a Land of Plenty, they wisely resolved never to go home again.

  John Arbuthnot

  Home, Race, Land

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• The dumpling is indeed of more ancient institution, and of foreign origin; but alas, what were those dumplings? Nothing but a few lentils sodden together, moisten'd and cemented with a little seeth'd fat.

  John Arbuthnot

  Together, Littles, Ancient

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