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To speak freely of mathematics, I find it the highest exercise of the spirit; but at the same time I know that it is so useless that I make little distinction between a man who is only a mathematician and a common artisan. Also, I call it the most beautiful profession in the world; but it is only a profession.

Blaise Pascal
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Those we call the ancients were really new in everything.

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Let each of us examine his thoughts

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People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

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We must kill them in war, just because they live beyond the river. If they lived on this side, we would be called murderers.

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Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.

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