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“A collection of facts is as far from forming a body of knowledge as a mirage in the desert is from being a real oasis.”

Facts Knowledge

Book:The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures

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“A poor wise man is he who seeks out the rich, but a nobler rich man he who seeks out wise men.”

Book:The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures

Source: The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures

“The arrow, once in flight, cries happily, "I am free, I am free!" but in truth it deceives itself, for its destiny has been appointed by the aim of the marksman.”

Freedom Destiny

Author:Malba Tahan

“What is this?" I asked him. "Are you sad? Do you feel a longing for your own country, or are you simply planning new calculations? Is it mathematics or nostalgia?" "My friend..." he replied, "nostalgia and calculations are not unrelated.”

Nostalgia Calculation

Book:The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures

Source: The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures

“Only someone who has been even for a brief moment within the gloomy walls of a dungeon can know how to solve those problems in which numbers form a terrible part of human misery.”

Numbers Knowledge Prison Sentence

Book:The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures

Source: The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures

“If you do not know how to calculate exactly, your visions are worth nothing; if you arrive at them through calculation alone, I disbelieve them.”

Reality Mathematics Calculation

Book:The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures

Source: The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures