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"Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself."
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"Gnani' [the enlightened one] is He who gives proof of whatever He says. He would not say, 'All that I have said is correct; you will have to accept it'."
"Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible."
"I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof."
"Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted."
"We must never assume that which is incapable of proof."
"Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one."
"Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself."
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"We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all about two, because "two" is "one and one." We forget that we still have to make a study of "and.""
"Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter."
"Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't."
"It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory."
"It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset."
"Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing is certain and the rest debate. Light rays, when near the Sun, do not go straight."
"If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum."
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