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Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Quote by Aristotel about philosophy

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

Quote by Winston Churchill

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Being the kind of person I am, though, I preferred it when it was more scandalous.

Quote by Boy George about man, people, being

I've always preferred food be on the blander side.

Quote by Alexandra Paul about opinion, food

The government would have preferred not to take a stand, but the constant presence of the Israeli-Arab conflict on our television screens made it an issue that could no longer be avoided.

Quote by Jean-Marie Le Pen about guvernement, television, conflict

I joined the army as a private, I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway.

Quote by Shimon Peres about time

The angels didn't get down from Noah's Arch, they preferred to remain a myth.

Quote by Ionuț Caragea about poetry, myth

I was a boy who liked solitude, who preferred the company of things to that of people.

Quote by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa about opinion, solitude, companies, things, people