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William Kingdon Clifford Quotes
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Mathematician Quotes
Category:
English Mathematician Quotes
Date of Birth:
May 4, 1845
Date of Death:
March 3, 1879
Nationality:
English
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William Kingdon Clifford

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To sum up: it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
William Kingdon Clifford

We feel much happier and more secure when we think we know precisely what to do, no matter what happens, then when we have lost our way and do not know where to turn.
William Kingdon Clifford

We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.
William Kingdon Clifford

When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that.
William Kingdon Clifford

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