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A mathematical proof must be perspicuous. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Poverty is a mathematical proof of the fact that mankind is a big failure! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
I had made an empirical discovery and it carried all the weight of a mathematical proof. -- Paul Auster
No human investigation can claim to be scientific if it doesn't pass the test of mathematical proof. -- Leonardo da Vinci
Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning. -- John Locke
A mathematical proof is beautiful, but when you're finished, it's really only about one thing. A story can be about many things. -- Bonnie Jo Campbell
A modern mathematical proof is not very different from a modern machine, or a modern test setup: the simple fundamental principles are hidden and almost invisible under a mass of technical details. -- Hermann Weyl
What a mathematical proof actually does is show that certain conclusions, such as the irrationality of , follow from certain premises, such as the principle of mathematical induction. The validity of these premises is an entirely independent matter which can safely be left to philosophers. -- Timothy Gowers
Nothing has afforded me so convincing a proof of the unity of the Deity as these purely mental conceptions of numerical and mathematical science. -- Mary Somerville

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