"Cardinal Arithmetics is much older than Number Theory. People used to exchange things way before there were numbers. Expressing numbers like 762 is already a sign of a very advanced civilization."

-- Saharon Shelah

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“He squeezed her hand. "Then I'll come get you, wherever you are when it happens. We'll be okay." "But what about everybody else?" He stared out across the river, nodding slowly. "My guess is, everybody else is in big trouble.”
“I wealthiest am when richest in remorse.”

Source : Saint Robert Southwell (1872). “The Complete Poems of Robert Southwell”, p.40
“All of Godâ€™s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose He has given them.”
“When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust.”
“All humans realize they are loved when witnessing the dawn; early morning is the triumph of good over evil. Absolved by light we decide to go on.”
“So I'm very grateful for everything that has happened in my life.”
“You may not plan for some things in life but your destiny will take you there.”
“'Each man kills the things he loves'. I recognise that in myself, in relationships, even with guitars, beautiful things that I've had and wilfully destroyed.”

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