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By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analysing the observations that I have made, I ended up in the domain of mathematics, Although I am absolutely without training in the exact sciences, I often seem to have more in common with mathematicians than with my fellow artists.: M. C. Escher (1898 - 1972), Quoted in To Infinity and Beyond, E Maor (Princeton 1991)
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924), The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
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There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.: Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), Mon Coeur Mis a Nu, XXII
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In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment.: George W. Bush (1946 - ), speech, November 19, 1999
I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)
It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)
Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), Letter to Michael Tolkien, March 1941
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Alas my love you do me wrong, To cast me of discurteously; And I have loved you so long, Delighting in your company.: Anonymous, Greensleeves
The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.: Thucydides (471 BC - 400 BC)
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The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return the better to thinking.: Phaedrus (15 BC - 50 AD)

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