Quote #1690
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and...
Quote #21
It is usually best to be generous with praise, but cautious with criticism.
Quote #25202
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may...
Quote #18865
Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.
Quote #10364
“Only a novel”… in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of...
Quote #19135
Optimization hinders evolution.
Quote #14800
There it was, hidden in alphabetical order.
Quote #25647
The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which...
Quote #23840
Delay not swift the flight of fortune’s greatest favours.
Quote #24298
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science....