A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
数学
Math
Mathematics is as old as Man.
数学和人类一样古老。
Mathematicians are born, not made.
数学家是天生的，不是后天培养的。
Mathematics is the music of reason.
数学是理性的音乐。
Projective geometry is all geometry.
射影几何就是几何。
There is no ‘royal road’ to geometry.
几何没有捷径可走。
Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
数学是为数学家写的。
Let no one ignorant of mathematics enter here.
不懂数学的人不要进来。
On A Beautiful Mind, there was a wall of math.
在一个美丽的心灵里，有一堵数学的墙。
Yes, I was really good in physics and in math.
是的，我物理和数学都很好。
The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.
数学的本质在于它的自由。
Numbers constitute the only universal language.
数字是唯一的通用语言。
Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.
数学家们站在彼此的肩膀上。
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Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge.
纯粹的数学家只是喜欢尝试未解决的问题——他们喜欢挑战。
If mathematics is to be understood widely, we need to emphasise its elegance and its applications. Sometimes it seems that universities want to emphasise how difficult it is!
要使数学得到广泛的理解，我们需要强调它的优雅及其应用。有时候，大学似乎想强调这是多么困难!
The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.
追求漂亮的公式和简洁的定理无疑会很快堕落为愚蠢的恶习，但追求严格的普遍性也会很快堕落为愚蠢的恶习，因为严格的普遍性是如此普遍，以至于它们无法适用于任何特定的情况。
One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies.
可以想象，最终的数学家是一个能在类比之间看到类比的人。
A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
数学家就像画家或诗人一样，是图案的制造者。如果说他的模式比他们的更持久，那是因为它们是由思想构成的。
During the year, our schools are busy slashing P.E. and recess to make more time for math. During the summer, we get ourselves worked into a tizzy that our children will forget their fractions.
在这一年里，我们的学校忙于削减体育课和课间休息时间，以便有更多的时间学习数学。在夏天，我们会因为孩子们会忘记分数而兴奋不已。