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To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

~Henri Poincare

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Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless contraptions and in constructing the useful combinations which are in infinite minority.

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To invent is to discern, to choose.

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A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter.

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It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

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The mind uses its faculty for creativity only when experience forces it to do so.

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Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.

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The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law.

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Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts.

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Science is facts.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Mathematician

Born: April 29th, 1854

Died: July 17th, 1912

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