Lord Byron Quotes, Math Quotes, Two Quotes

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

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We come now to the question: what is a priori certain or necessary, respectively in geometry (doctrine of space) or its foundations? Formerly we thought everything; nowadays we think nothing. Already the distance-concept is logically arbitrary; there need be no things that correspond to it, even approximately.

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Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

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Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state.

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I never thought that others would take my theories so much more seriously than I did.

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The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch.

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He who cannot describe the problem will never find the solution to that problem.

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There are no sects in geometry.

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Chaos umpire sits And by decision more embroils the fray by which he reigns: next him high arbiter Chance governs all.

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Man discovers truth by reason only, not by faith.

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Whatever you can, count.

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But twice-two-makes-four is for all that a most insupportable thing. Twice-two-makes-four is, in my humble opinion, nothing but a piece of impudence. Twice-two-makes-four is a farcical, dressed-up fellow who stands across your path with arms akimbo and spits at you.

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Today, more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a planet and our security and prosperity as a nation. It's time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and work to restore America's place as the world leader in science and technology.

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He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable with its side.

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Pray tell us, what's your favorite number?

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The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.

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If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

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To speak algebraically, Mr. M. is execrable, but Mr. G. is (x + 1)- ecrable.

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