"It seems perfectly clear that Economy, if it is to be a science at all, must be a mathematical science. There exists much prejudice against attempts to introduce the methods and language of mathematics into any branch of the moral sciences. Most persons appear to hold that the physical sciences form the proper sphere of mathematical method, and that the moral sciences demand some other method-I know not what."

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Source : William Stanley Jevons (1871). “The Theory of Political Economy”, p.3

William Stanley Jevons

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“How would I treat a girl if she was my girlfriend? I`m a really affectionate person and I like being a gentleman.”
“Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.”
“The filming of Shakespeare is always problematic, because he hates posing for the camera”
“I can look at my books with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close enough.”
“He would not stay for me, and who can wonder? He would not stay for me to stand and gaze. I shook his hand, and tore my heart in sunder, And went with half my life about my ways.”
“I'm shopping around for something to do that no one will like.”
“Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth.”

Source : "Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo’s Imprisonment a Painful Reminder of China’s Dictatorship" by Thor Halvorssen, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 10, 2012.
“Love is universal. You don't have to tell somebody that loving is better than hating. You don't have to believe in God to know that stealing is bad. All of God's children and their different faiths help to realize the immensity of God. No faith contains the whole truth about God. And certainly Christians don't have a corner on God. All of us belong to God.”

Source : "In Search of God's Mathematical Perfect Proofs" by Erica Klarreich, www.wired.com. March 24, 2018.

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