“Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them, they translate it into their own language, and forthwith it means something entirely different”
“Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them, they translate it into their own language, and forthwith it means something entirely different”
“Men should stop fighting among themselves and start fighting insects”
“Give me a lever long enough, and a prop strong enough, I can single-handed move the world”
“This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed”
“The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind”
“It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best to at least rearrange their prejudices once in a while”
“If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable”