Thank goodness we don't live in medieval times, when people fought wars over ideas.

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  You know, in life there are only three or four fundamental decisions to make. The rest is just luck

• Michael Collins:

  I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.

• Saskya Pandita:

  Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or

• Hulagu Khan:

  If you wish to spare yourself and your venerable family, give heed to my advice with the ear of int

• Leonhard Euler:

  Madam, I have come from a country where people are hanged if they talk.

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• Maryam Mirzakhani:

  In particular, I am interested in understanding hyperbolic surfaces.