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Examples Quotes by Paul Halmos
- A good stack of examples, as large as possible, is indispensable for a thorough understanding of any concept,and when I want to learn something new,…
- The heart of mathematics consists of concrete examples and concrete problems. Big general theories are usually afterthoughts based on small but profound insights; the insights…
- Don't just read it; fight it! Ask your own questions, look for your own examples, discover your own proofs. Is the hypothesis necessary? Is the…
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- I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples… — Giorgio Armani
- Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to… — Joshua Chamberlain
- .. since it was true that study, even when done properly, can only teach us what wisdom, right conduct and determination consist… — Michel de Montaigne
- I can smell the smoke now. I can see tendrils of it comin' up between the cracks in the shrikin' floorboards. There… — L.A. Meyer
- The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the… — Juvenal
- The church must never become a government factory, carrying on a nationalized industry of religion with the people as the bolts and… — Glenn Archer
- The history of men of science has one peculiar advantage, as it shows the importance of little things in producing great results.… — Robert Aris Willmott
- Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld