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    As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not
    certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to
    reality.

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A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.

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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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Between the penis and the mathematical one . . . there exists
nothing. Nothing! It is a vacuum.
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Between the penis and the mathematical one . . . there exists
nothing. Nothing! It is a vacuum.
[Fr., Entre le penis et les mathematiques . . . il n'existe rien.
Rien! C'est le vide.]

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Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you
that mine are greater.

Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you
that mine are greater.

by Max Wilhelm Dehn Found in: Mathematics Quotes,
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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, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but
supreme beauty--a beauty cold and austere, like that of
sculpture.

Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but
supreme beauty--a beauty cold and austere, like that of
sculpture.

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Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense.

Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense.

by Charles R. Darwin Found in: Mathematics Quotes,
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Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all
knowledge.

Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all
knowledge.

by Anonymous Found in: Mathematics Quotes,
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