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"Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders."
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"It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation."
"I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two half proofs equal to a whole one, but in the sense of a mathematician, where half proof = 0, and it is demanded for proof that every doubt becomes impossible."
"When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again."
"The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it."
"It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment."
"We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori."
"To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation is coupled with specific shortcomings, it is likewise almost certainly divorced from certain other shortcomings."
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