The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch. Republic, VII, 528.
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Mathematical Quotations
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Thomas Jefferson
I have resumed the study of mathematics with great avidity. It was ever my favourite one ... where no uncertainties remain on the mind; all is demonstration and satisfaction.
Jevons, William Stanley
It is clear that Economics, if it is to be a science at all, must be a mathematical science.
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
Sir, I have found you an argument. I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
Jonathan Swift
What vexes me most is, that my female friends, who could bear me very well a dozen years ago, have now forsaken me, although I am not so old in proportion to them as I formerly was: which I can prove by arithmetic, for then I was double their age, which now I am not.
Jowett, Benjamin (1817 - 1893)
Logic is neither a science or an art, but a dodge.
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