J. Arbuthnot Quotes
Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition.
Truth is the same thing to the understanding, as Music to the ear, and Beauty to the eye.
Mathematical studies may serve for a pleasant entertainment for those hours which young men are apt to throw away upon their vices.
What I have said may serve to recommend mathematics for acquiring a vigorous constitution of mind; for which purpose they are as useful as exercise is for procuring health and strength to the body.
Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!)
The first Care in building of Cities, is to make them airy and well perflated; infectious Distempers must necessarily be propagated amongst Mankind living close together.
The Mathematics are Friends to Religion; inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of Imagination, and purge the Mind from Error and Prejudice.
Almighty Power, by whose most wise command, helpless, forlorn, uncertain, here I stand, take this faint glimmer of thyself away, or break into my soul with perfect day!
Truth can never be an enemy to true religion, which appears always to the best advantage when it is most examined.
Oh let me live my own! and die so too! ("To live and die is all I have to do:") Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please.
