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E. T. Bell

'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.

'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.

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These are some quotes by Scottish author E. T. Bell Mathematician, who lived between February 7, 1883 and December 21, 1960.

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If indeed, as Hilbert asserted, mathematics is a meaningless game played with meaningless marks on paper, the only mathematical experience to which we can refer is the making of marks on paper.

If indeed, as Hilbert asserted, mathematics is a meaningless game played with meaningless marks on paper, the only mathematical experience to which we can refer is the making of marks on paper.

E. T. Bell

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I have always hated machinery, and the only machine I ever understood was a wheelbarrow, and that but imperfectly.

I have always hated machinery, and the only machine I ever understood was a wheelbarrow, and that but imperfectly.

E. T. Bell

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It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other sciences.

It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other sciences.

E. T. Bell

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It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

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To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually zero. Hence there are not so many mysteries hidden in this concept as they are usually believed to be.

Leonhard Euler

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I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

Steve Earle

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