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• I do not remember ever having seen a sustained argument by an author which
  arting from philosophical premises likely to met with general acceptance, reached the conclusion that a praiseworthy ordering of one's life is to devote it to research in mathematics....
• I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky.
  In one word he told me secret of success in mathematic...
• Research: (Irregular noun) That which I do for the benefit of humanity, you do for the money, he does to hog all the glory.
  -- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary...
• COME FROM n. A semi-mythical language construct dual to the `go to'
  COME FROM <label> would cause the referenced label to act as a sort of trapdoor, so that if the program ever reached it control would quietly and automagically be transferred to the statement following the COME FROM....
• TIGHTS, n. An habiliment of the stage designed to reinforce the general acclamation of the press agent with a particular publicity.
  Public attention was once somewhat diverted from this garment to Miss Lillian Russell's refusal to wear it, and many were the conjectures as to her motive, the guess of Miss Pauline Hall showing a high order of ingenuity and sustained reflection....
• Since everything in life is but an experience perfect in being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter.
  -- Long Chen Pa...
• I don't remember ever having had the itch, and yet scratching is one of nature's sweet pleasures, and so handy.