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The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law. – Henri Poincare

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One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to know nature has had the most constant and the happiest influence on the development of mathematics. – Henri Poincare

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The scientist does not study nature because it is useful he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. – Henri Poincare

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I think its wrong that so many people pass on from this existence, and take all their knowledge with them. – Rex Hunt

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Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. – Baltasar Gracian

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