The longer mathematics lives the more abstract - and therefore, possibly also the more practical - it becomes.

  • -- Eric Temple Bell 埃里克·坦普尔·贝尔

数学存在的时间越长,它就变得越抽象,因此也可能变得越实用。

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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

我反对自由主义的理由是,自由主义是把最高层次的哲学思想而不是政治原则引入到生活的实际事务中去。

The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in mathematics have always been the opportunities of its future.

过去数学上的错误和未解决的困难一直是数学未来的机遇。

It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.

熟悉数和量的概念并不是数学的本质。

Dream more than others think practical.

梦想比别人认为的更实际。