A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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note for "a future fable", "Such a Phrase as Drifts Through Dreams", Holiday Magazine; reprinted in Lanterns & Lances (1961).James Thurber
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From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn't mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.
Harold Wilson
That man was beautiful. Timing, speed, reflexes, rhythm, his body, everything was beautiful. And to me, still, I would say pound for pound...I'd say I'm the greatest heavyweight of all time, but pound for pound, I still say Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest of all time.
Sugar Ray Robinson
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
James A. Garfield
An Ounce of Wit that's bought,
Is worth a Pound that's taught.Thomas (writer) Fuller
Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
John Wesley
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