"Life is good for only two things, discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics"--Siméon Poisson

 

A Random Quotation:

Descartes, Ren�(1596-1650)
I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.
La Geometrie.

The Collection

This page points to a collection of mathematical quotations culled from many sources. You may conduct a keyword search through the quotation database by clicking here.

Now, By popular demand, you may download the whole collection at once.
(It's about 243k...83 printed pages or so.)
Follow this link to download the entire collection.

Of course, you may also access the quotations "page by page". They are organized in alphabetic order by the author's last name. Enjoy!

Random Quotation Generator

Follow this link for a random quotation from the collection. The randomizer was written by Jack Siler.

Pat on the back department...

If you have comments, corrections or suggestions, about either the quotations, their sources, or about these pages in general, please email  them to Mark Woodard at Mark.Woodard@furman.edu These pages are located at the mathematics department at Furman University

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