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Euclid avoids it [the treatment of the infinite]; in modern mathematics it is systematically introduced, for only then is generality obtained.
-- Arthur Cayley

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Euclid Alone Has Looked on Beauty Bare.
-- Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Euclid alone Has looked on Beauty bare. Fortunate they Who, though once only and then but far away, Have heard her massive sandal set on stone.
-- Edna St. Vincent Millay

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The early study of Euclid made me a hater of geometry.
-- James Joseph Sylvester

Source : James Joseph Sylvester (1870). “The Laws of Verse: Or Principles of Versification Exemplified in Metrical Translations, Together with an Annotated Reprint of the Inaugural Presidential Address to the Mathematical and Physical Section of the British Association at Exeter”, p.126

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“It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will interest the public, and I am sure that the views are original.”
“A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all need a splash of bad taste-it's hearty, it's healthy, it's physical. I think we could use more of it. No taste is what I'm against.”
“Show me a person who has nothing to hide, and I'll show you a person who is either exceedingly dull - or a complete exhibitionist”
“Bathe in the splendor of your own Light.”
“We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than we can drain the English Channel. And because of this sensibility, we come to the European Union with a frame of mind that is more practical than emotional.”
“And what is the very essence of poetry if it is not this 'metaphorical language'-this marking of the before unapprehended relations of things?”

Source : Owen Barfield (1973). “Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning”, p.67, Wesleyan University Press
“A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.”
“I don't hear record companies coming up with any good ideas or suggestions. Historically, if it ain't their idea, it ain't no good, so you got that to contend with.”
“I think theres something really thrilling to having to get people laughing about something, and then, when you have them in that comfort space, you can drop the weight into the texture of the story.”
“People can think whatever they like. I don't desire their validation.”

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