"Algebras are geometric facts which are proved." — Omar Khayyam
"Algebras are geometric facts which are proved."
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55 Quotes by Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam has 55 quotes on this site.
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The value of three things is justly appreciated by all classes of men: youth, by the old; health, by the…
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A hair divides what is false and true.
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A drink is shorter than a tale
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Up from Earth's Centre through the Seventh Gate rose, and on the Throne of Saturn sate; And many a Knot…
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Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time…
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I wonder what the vintners buy one half so precious as the stuff they sell.
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Oh! My beloved! fill the cup, that clears to-day of past regrets and future fears.
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Oh, the brave Music of a distant drum!
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Drink! for you know not when you came, nor why; Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
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Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine,…
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Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.
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As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If…
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More Algebra Quotes
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In the algebra of psychology, X stands for a woman's heart.
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Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But…
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There is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain…
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Science only means knowledge; and for [Greek] ancients it did only mean knowledge. Thus the favorite science of the Greeks…
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Astronomy, that micography of heaven, is the most magnificent of the sciences. ... Astronomy has its clear side and its…
— Victor Hugo
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If you could stop every atom in its position and direction, and if your mind could comprehend all the actions…
— Tom Stoppard
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The application of algebra to geometry ... has immortalized the name of Descartes, and constitutes the greatest single step ever…
— John Stuart Mill
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It is the facts that matter, not the proofs. Physics can progress without the proofs, but we can't go on…
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Standard mathematics has recently been rendered obsolete by the discovery that for years we have been writing the numeral five…
— Woody Allen
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We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is…
— William Kingdon Clifford
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Chemistry has the same quickening and suggestive influence upon the algebraist as a visit to the Royal Academy, or the…
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