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John von Neumann
John von Neumann
1958·Budapest, Hungary

It is just as foolish to complain that people are selfish and treacherous as it is to complain that the magnetic field does not increase unless the electric field has a curl. Both are laws of nature.

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1950

Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

1947

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

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