Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful? – Pliny the Elder, Natural History
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In most sciences one generation tears down what another has built and what one has established another undoes. In mathematics alone each generations adds a new story to the old structure. – Hermann Hankel
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Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense. – William Hague
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