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Tom Stoppard

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

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Ideas or rules help us make educated guesses about what might happen, but only actual evidence can prove something is definitely true. In other words, assumptions lead to likelihoods, while real facts provide certainty.

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