Jacob Bernoulli famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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It is utterly implausible that a mathematical formula should make the future known to us, and those who think it can would once have believed in witchcraft.
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Even as the finite encloses an infinite series And in the unlimited limits appear, So the soul of immensity dwells in minutia And in the narrowest limits no limit in here. What joy to discern the minute in infinity! The vast to perceive in the small, what divinity!
-- Jacob Bernoulli
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I know that knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing - but they do live in the same neighborhood. I know once again, firsthand, the joy of learning.
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.
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You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion.
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Did you found something? asked she with hope. Yes, this until... Until what...? Until you stick your breasts on my back.And you realize that now I can't think about lions anymore!
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Shake paws, count your claws, You steal mine, I'll borrow yours. Watch my whiskers, check both ears. Robber foxes have no fears.
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Once I climbed into a mountain lion's cage and she bounded at me and put her paw on my face, but she kept her claws withdrawn.
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There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws.
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You cannot live with a paw in each world.
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A mouse in the paws is worth two in the pantry.
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Do not be like the cat who wanted a fish but was afraid to get his paws wet.
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