When you have eliminated the impossibles,whatever remains,however improbable,must be the truth.- Sherlock Holmes
排除所有不可能的,剩下的那个即使再不可思议,那也是事实。
选自红发会,是我最喜欢的一句话。下面是一位知乎大神对这句话的分析:
impossible:that cannot be done or exist
improbable:not likely to be true or to happen
Impossible更绝对,而improbable更主观,是not likely,但不是absolute