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May Quotes by George Polya
- When introduced at the wrong time or place, good logic may be the worst enemy of good teaching.
- A great discovery solves a great problem, but there is a grain of discovery in the solution of any problem. Your problem may be modest,…
- If the proof starts from axioms, distinguishes several cases, and takes thirteen lines in the text book ... it may give the youngsters the impression…
- There was a seminar for advanced students in Zürich that I was teaching and von Neumann was in the class. I came to a certain…
- To teach effectively a teacher must develop a feeling for his subject; he cannot make his students sense its vitality if he does not sense…
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- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. — William Shakespeare
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