“The more I study the things of the mind the more mathematical I find them. In them as in mathematics it is a question of quantities; they must be treated with precision. I have never had more satisfaction than in proving this in the realms of art, politics and history.” MindArtScienceHistoryStudyProveMathematicsSatisfactionTreatedMathematicalRealmsTreatmentQuantityPrecision Book:Life and Letters of H. Taine: 1870-1892 Source: Life and Letters of H. Taine: 1870-1892
“We study ourselves three weeks, we love each other three months, we squabble three years, we tolerate each other thirty years, and then the children start all over again.” YearsChildrenThreeStudyWeekMonthsThirtyThree YearsTolerateLove Each OtherThirty YearsThree MonthsSquabbles Author:Hippolyte Taine
