Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock.
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Nationality: English Type: Mathematician Born: May 14, 1701 Death: May 20, 1782 |
“Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of tragedy. And we have what they sorely need: a sense of life's possibilities.”
“Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.”