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Saturday, 11 October 2008
Daily Quote:
"It is very certain that the desire of life prolongs it." (Byron, Lord - Life and Living)

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All that glitters is not gold.

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How happy the lot of the mathematician! He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or rival can ever win a reputation he does not deserve. No cashier writes a letter to the press complaining about the incomprehensibility of Modern Mathematics and comparing it unfavorably with the good old days when mathematicians were content to paper irregularly shaped rooms and fill bathtubs without closing the waste pipe.

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