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John von Neumann Quotes: If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.
         

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.


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If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.
         



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