Proof Quotes - Page 39

• He who tempts, though in vain, at last asperses
  The tempted with dishonor foul, supposed
  Not incorruptible of faith, not proof
  Against temptation.

  John Milton

  Temptation, Lasts, Corruption

  John Milton (2009). “The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton”, p.526, Modern Library

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• I think since I'm not particularly well-known as myself, it's funny all the different perceptions people have of me. Like, if someone's only seen me in 'Death Proof,' they think I'm sort of a ditzy girl who says stupid things and wears revealing outfits all the time.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Girl, Stupid, Thinking

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• my uncle ... had the misfortune to be ever touched in his brain, and, as a convincing proof, married his maid, at an age when he and she both had more occasion for a nurse than a parson.

  Charlotte Charke

  Marriage, Uncles, Nurse

  Mary Robinson, Charlotte Charke (1830). “Memoirs”

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• Surviving and thriving in the wake of my mothers loss, I learned to believe in God. He has a plan, if you pay attention to the signs. I am inspired by the absolute proof of miracles.

  Mariska Hargitay

  Mother, Believe, Loss

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• I explained to the lady my love for John and his work, and she made it possible for me to purchase one of the 24 proofs, the one for 'I'm So Tired,' which I have on my piano at home.

  Arthur Godfrey

  Home, Tired, Piano

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• The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing.

  Aristotle

  Government, Self, Creation

  Aristotle (2016). “Politics”, p.16, Aristotle

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• [the virtues] cannot exist without Prudence. A proof of this is that everyone, even at the present day, in defining Virtue, after saying what disposition it is [i.e. moral virtue] and specifying the things with which it is concerned, adds that it is a disposition determined by the right principle; and the right principle is the principle determined by Prudence.

  Aristotle

  Defining, Principles, Add

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• There is no conclusive proof that nicotine's addictive... And the same thing with cigarettes causing emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Cancer, Heart, Disease

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• Compound interest is proof of gods existence.

  Jeff Rich

  Existence, Interest, Compounds

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• One must differentiate between one's thoughts and one's emotions with full clarity and precision...No discussion, cooperation, agreement, or understanding is possible among men who substitute emotion for proof.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Understanding, Cooperation

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• Not all G8 members take the view that chemical weapons were in fact used by the Syrian Army. Some actually agree with us that there is no proof.

  Vladimir Putin

  Army, Views, Facts

  "G8 summit - day two: Politics live blog" by Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2013.

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• Faith is not uprooted by dialectic proof; it must already be deeply shaken by other causes to be unable to withstand the shock of argument.

  Emile Durkheim

  Causes, Argument, Shock

  Emile Durkheim (2005). “Suicide: A Study in Sociology”, p.124, Routledge

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• There are certain things in a man that have to be won, not forced; inspired, not compelled. Among these are many, I should say most, of the things that constitute the good life. All are essential to democracy. All are proof against its enemies.

  Alfred Whitney Griswold

  Good Life, Men, Enemy

  Alfred Whitney Griswold (1962). “Liberal Education and the Democratic Ideal: And Other Essays”

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• High Frontier places a bullet-proof vest on our bare chest. High Frontier is as non-aggressive as a bullet-proof vest. There is no way to kill anyone with High Frontier - all that High Frontier can do is to keep others from killing us.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Peace, War, Bullets

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• The thing constantly overlooked by those hopefuls who talk about abolishing war is that it is by no means an evidence of decay but rather a proof of health and vigor.

  H. L. Mencken

  Peace, War, Mean

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.22, Knopf

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• I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there.

  Edward Teller

  Education, Thinking, Pages

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• A proof only becomes a proof after the social act of "accepting it as a proof".

  IU?. I. Manin

  Mathematics, Social, Accepting

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• I think it is said that Gauss had ten different proofs for the law of quadratic reciprocity. Any good theorem should have several proofs, the more the better. For two reasons: usually, different proofs have different strengths and weaknesses, and they generalise in different directions - they are not just repetitions of each other.

  Michael Atiyah

  Thinking, Should Have, Law

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• Cardinal arithmetic will be quite important for us, so we spend some time on it. Since, however, it tends to be trivial, we shall not need to spend much of this time on proofs.

  Keith Devlin

  Important, Needs, Mathematics

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• ... mathematical knowledge ... is, in fact, merely verbal knowledge. "3" means "2+1", and "4" means "3+1". Hence it follows (though the proof is long) that "4" means the same as "2+2". Thus mathematical knowledge ceases to be mysterious.

  Bertrand Russell

  Mean, Numbers, Long

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• The man who has learned that three plus one are four doesn't have to go through a proof of that assertion with coins, or dice, or chess pieces, or pencils. He knows it, and that's that. He cannot conceive a different sum. There are mathematicians who say that three plus one is a tautology for four, a different way of saying "four" ... If three plus one can be two, or fourteen, then reason is madness.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Men, Two, Chess Pieces

  Jorge Luis Borges (2001). “The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory”, Penguin Modern Classics

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• The goal of a definition is to introduce a mathematical object. The goal of a theorem is to state some of its properties, or interrelations between various objects. The goal of a proof is to make such a statement convincing by presenting a reasoning subdivided into small steps each of which is justified as an "elementary" convincing argument.

  IU?. I. Manin

  Goal, Definitions, Steps

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• Geniuses are at work in the rock music field, and great popularity is no proof you aren't good.

  Christopher Ricks

  Rocks, Genius, Fields

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• The thing about having an audience right there laughing is that critics can write what they want, but the proof is right there in front of you.

  Chris Rock

  Writing, Laughing, Want

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• In struggling with misfortunes lies the true proof of virtue.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Struggle, Fortitude

  William Shakespeare (2001). “Troilus and Cressida”, p.490, Classic Books Company

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