Need we add that mathematicians themselves are not infallible?

Quote by Henri Poincare

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Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation.

Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation.

It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a...

It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a...

To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with...

To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with...

To invent is to discern, to choose.

To invent is to discern, to choose.

A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter.

A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which arise naturally when...

If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which arise naturally when...

If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were...

If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were...

Science is facts.

Science is facts.

Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to...

Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to...

Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.

Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.

Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects.

Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

If that enabled us to predict the succeeding situation with the same approximation, that is...

If that enabled us to predict the succeeding situation with the same approximation, that is...

Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.

Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.

No more than these machines need the mathematician know what he does.

No more than these machines need the mathematician know what he does.

A very small cause which escapes our notice determines a considerable effect that we cannot...

A very small cause which escapes our notice determines a considerable effect that we cannot...

One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not...

One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not...

Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making...

Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making...

Hypotheses are what we lack the least.

Hypotheses are what we lack the least.