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Weil, Andre (1906 - 1998)

"God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it."


In H. Eves Mathematical Circles Adieu, Boston: Prindle, Weber and Schmidt, 1977.

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Bell, Eric Temple (1883-1960):

"Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions."


In H. Eves Return to Mathematical Circles., Boston: Prindle, Weber and Schmidt, 1988.

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Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662):

"We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others."

Pensees. 1670.

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Originally posted by ivanhoe
Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662):

"We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others."

Pensees. 1670.

Good quotes, but whom is this thread directed at?

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Originally posted by royalchicken
Good quotes, but whom is this thread directed at?
Everybody who is interested ...

Do you think that some quotes apply to you ?

... of course my selection of quotes must be influenced by the things that I'm dealing with at the moment ... after all I'm human. I used some quotes because I thought they applied to me. Maybe you've read other quotes of which you thought they applied to you. That 's an interesting and fun part of reading quotes; they can have meanig to the reader ... and it's possible they do not only apply to the other, but also to yourself ...

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"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people."

Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)

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"War is not nice."

Barbara Bush (1925 - )

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Immanuel Kant:

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."

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"Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking."

Dave Barry (1947 - ), "The Taming of the Screw"

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"Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same."

George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903), Maxims for Revolutionists

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"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."

Abba Eban (1915 - 2002)

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Like the electcity one. LOL😉

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Assaulting TRUTH. Is like trying to carve granite with a handful of cotton!! -Southern thoughts by -BLUEBABYGIRL OR -BBG

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Logic is not the beginning of wisdom. It is the first results.-Southern thoughts by -BBG

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A square may sit inside a circle and a circle may sit inside a square . But if your circle is too full of squares .I suggest you make new friends!--Southern thoughts by -BBG

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