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James Joseph Sylvester Quotes: A mathematical idea should not be petrified in a formalised axiomatic setting, but should be considered instead as flowing as a river.
         

A mathematical idea should not be petrified in a formalised axiomatic setting, but should be considered instead as flowing as a river.


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Mathematics is the music of reason.

Mathematics is the music of reason.



The mathematician lives long and lives young; the wings of his soul do not early drop off, nor do its pores become clogged with the earthy particles blown from the dusty highways of vulgar life.

The mathematician lives long and lives young; the wings of his soul do not early drop off, nor do its pores become clogged with the earthy particles blown from the dusty highways of vulgar life.



The early study of Euclid made me a hater of geometry.

The early study of Euclid made me a hater of geometry.



The object of pure Physic[s] is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure Mathematic[s] that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.

The object of pure Physic[s] is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure Mathematic[s] that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.



Number, place, and combination . . . the three intersecting but distinct spheres of thought to which all mathematical ideas admit of being referred.

Number, place, and combination . . . the three intersecting but distinct spheres of thought to which all mathematical ideas admit of being referred.



As the prerogative of Natural Science is to cultivate a taste for observation, so that of Mathematics is, almost from the starting point, to stimulate the faculty of invention.

As the prerogative of Natural Science is to cultivate a taste for observation, so that of Mathematics is, almost from the starting point, to stimulate the faculty of invention.



The object of pure Mathematic (is) that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.

The object of pure Mathematic (is) that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.



The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world the object of pure mathematics that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.

The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world the object of pure mathematics that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.





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Unpredictability is beauty of life. Struggle makes it interesting and worth living.अनिश्चितता जीवन का सौंदर्य है। संघर्ष इसे रोचक और जीने के लायक बनाता है।

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From key signature to coda, from downbeat to the sound of life's final fermata, our pasts set the tone for all that was, that is, and that ever would be.

From key signature to coda, from downbeat to the sound of life's final fermata, our pasts set the tone for all that was, that is, and that ever would be.



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I know from experience that females need a certain amount of chocolate. We have two of them in the house. I don't want them growing restless.



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Short prayers pierceth Heaven.



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That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal, as time will show.



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We are always works in progress. You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest. This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.



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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.




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