"Mathematics, however, is, as it were, its own explanation; this, although it may seem hard to accept, is nevertheless true, for the recognition that a fact is so is the cause upon which we base the proof."

-- Gerolamo Cardano

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“Our researchers into Public Opinion are content That he held the proper opinions for the time of year; When there was peace, he was for peace: when there was war, he went. He was married and added five children to the population, Which our Eugenist says was the right number for a parent of his generation, And our teachers report that he never interfered with their education. Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd: Had everything been wrong, we should certainly have heard.”
“Katsa and Po were trying to drown each other and, judging from their hoots of laughter, enjoying it immensely.”
“I think it's hilarious when middle-aged white men try to take themselves seriously. It makes me laugh.”

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“In high school, my desire for friendship far outweighed my talent for it.”
“In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian.”
“It's in your DNA to be a Filipino; how can you just turn your back on it?”
“You can understand other people only as much as you understand yourself and only on the level of your own being. This means you can judge other people's knowledge but you cannot judge their being. You can see in them only as much as you have in yourself. But people always make the mistake of thinking they can judge other people's being. In reality, if they wish to meet and understand people of a higher development than themselves they must work with the aim of changing their being.”
“An optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist sees the whole.”

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