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    I advise my students to listen carefully the moment they decide
    to take no more mathematics courses. They might be able to hear
    the sound of closing doors. Everybody a mathematician?

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One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its
thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into read more

One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its
thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful
theories.

by Philip J. Davis Found in: Mathematics Quotes,
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For the things of this world cannot be made known without a
knowledge of mathematics.

For the things of this world cannot be made known without a
knowledge of mathematics.

by Roger Bacon Found in: Mathematics Quotes,
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It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated
observation, that mathematics is a human invention.

It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated
observation, that mathematics is a human invention.

by P. W. Bridgman Found in: Mathematics Quotes,
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As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can
be perceived but not explained.

As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can
be perceived but not explained.

by Arthur Cayley Found in: Mathematics Quotes,
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Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't read more

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

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It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which
marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other read more

It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which
marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other
sciences.

by Roger Bacon Found in: Mathematics Quotes,
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Mathematics is the only instructional material that can be
presented in an entirely undogmatic way.

Mathematics is the only instructional material that can be
presented in an entirely undogmatic way.

by Max Wilhelm Dehn Found in: Mathematics Quotes,
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Revolutions never occur in mathematics.

Revolutions never occur in mathematics.

by Michael Crowe Found in: Mathematics Quotes,
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Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.

Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.

by Aristotle Found in: Mathematics Quotes,
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