Begin again Quote by Francis Bacon

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

— Francis Bacon

“Good, he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician. [Upon hearing that one of his students had dropped out to study poetry] ”

— David Hilbert

'Without the help of mathematics,' the wise man continued, 'the art could not advance and all the sciences would perish.'

— Julio Cesar de Mello e Souza

In the mathematics I can report no deficience, except that it be that men do not sufficiently understand the excellent use of the pure…

— Roger Bacon

A man may learn wit every day

— Proverb

Mathematics may, like poetry or music, "promote and sustain a lofty habit of mind."

— G. H. Hardy

A man of remarkable genius may afford to pass by a piece of wit, if it happen to border on abuse. A little genius…

— William Shenstone

We have to come back to something like ordinary language after all when we want to talk "about" mathematics!

— Harold Jeffreys

“We are not told, or not told early enough so that it sinks in, that mathematics is a language, and that we can learn…

— Mortimer J. Adler

“By the sound of things, you know nothing about mathematics.' 'You can put it like that. I'm utterly useless.' 'Useless is such a harsh…

— Charlotte Munro

“Surely this marked a new level of achievement in his amatory career. Never before had he charmed the frock off a woman with talk…

— Tessa Dare

“A businessman is someone who buys at ten and is happy to get out at twelve. The other kind of man buys at ten,…

— V.S. Naipaul