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“Mathematics exists solely for the honour of the human mind.”

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Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi was a German mathematician renowned for his contributions to elliptic functions, number theory, and differential equations. He was born on December 10, 1804, and died on February 18, 1851. more

“Since a given system can never of its own accord go over into another equally probable state but into a more probable one, it is likewise impossible to construct a system of bodies that after traversing various states returns periodically to its original state, that is a perpetual motion machine.”

States Body Given Impossible Return Machines Originals Various Perpetual Constructs Accord Entropy Perpetual Motion

Author:Ludwig Boltzmann

“A mathematician will recognise Cauchy, Gauss, Jacobi or Helmholtz after reading a few pages, just as musicians recognise, from the first few bars, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert.”

Firsts Reading Musician Pages Bars Mathematician Recognise Schubert

Author:Ludwig Boltzmann

“Why should Iran have a deterrent strategy? Well, it's surrounded by hostile enemies. Both of its borders have been under occupation by a hostile superpower, the United States, which is constantly violating the U.N. charter by leaving open what they call the saying, 'all options are open' - meaning the threat of war.”

Should Wells Has Beens War States United Enemy United States Strategy Threat Leaving Borders Iran Occupation Hostile Superpower Charter Deterrent

Author:Noam Chomsky

“It will be found that everything depends on the composition of the forces with which the particles of matter act upon one another; and from these forces, as a matter of fact, all phenomena of Nature take their origin.”

Matter Facts Found Force Depends Composition Particles Matter Of Fact

Author:Roger Joseph Boscovich

“Of all deadly sins, this is the most deadly, namely, that any one should think he is not guilty of a damnable and deadly sin before God.”

Thinking Should Sin Guilty Not Guilty Deadly Sins

Author:Martin Luther

“When you desire to be most alive to God, you will generally find sin most alive to repel you.”

Desire Sin Alive

Book:The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 2: Sermons 54-106

Source: The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 2: Sermons 54-106

“Biblical hope is not wishful thinking or an optimistic outlook; rather, it is a confident expectation based on the certainty of God's Word that as He has anchored us in the past, so He will in the future.”

Thinking Past Expectations Optimistic Certainty Biblical Outlook Wishful Thinking

Author:David Wilkerson

“One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.”

Arguing Mathematical Theorems

Author:Stephen Hawking

“The average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth... It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty - and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.”

Men Enjoy Liberty Special Democratic Average Libertarian Nine Imaginary Outlaw Democratic Society Average Man

Author:H. L. Mencken

“When I work with countries struggling to pay for budgets or finance trade deficits, I reflect on how Americans do not spend a moment considering the unique advantages of being able to issue bonds and print money freely.”

Country Moments Able Pay Struggle Issues Unique Advantage Trade Finance Budgets Print Considering Deficit

Author:Robert Zoellick

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