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Men Quotes by David Hilbert
- If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence,…
- Sometimes it happens that a man's circle of horizon becomes smaller and smaller, and as the radius approaches zero it concentrates on one point. And…
- The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man.
- No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept…
- A mathematical theory is not to be considered complete until you have made it so clear that you can explain it to the first man…
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