"Euler - The unsurpassed master of analytic invention."

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Source : Richard Courant (1948). “Lectures on the theory of functions”

Richard Courant

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“No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and arsenals.”
“Animals are murdered to produce meat; vegetables are torn up, peeled, and chopped; most of what we eat is treated with fire; and chewing is designed remorselessly to finish what killing and cooking began. People naturally prefer that none of this should happen to them. Behind every rule of table etiquette lurks the determination of each person present to be a diner, not a dish.”

Source : Margaret Visser (2015). “The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners”, p.17, Open Road Media
“A pretty girl is like a melody. That haunts you night and day.”

Source : "A Pretty Girl Is like a Melody" (song) (1919)
“No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective.”
“Laws cannot be imposed on him who is the master of the law.”

Source : Benvenuto Cellini (2014). “The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini”, p.279, Lulu Press, Inc
“C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group”

Source : "The future according to Dennis Ritchie". Interview with Danny Kalev, www.itworld.com. December 20, 2000.
“A pretty girl is certainly comparable to a good horse.”
“Shakespeare put no children in his plays for a reason," Sir Godfrey muttered, glaring at Alf and Binnie. "You're forgetting the Little Prince," Polly reminded him. "Who he had the good sense to kill off in the second act," snapped Sir Godfrey.”

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