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"How did Biot arrive at the partial differential equation? [the heat conduction equation] . . . Perhaps Laplace gave Biot the equation and left him to sink or swim for a few years in trying to derive it. That would have been merely an instance of the way great mathematicians since the very beginnings of mathematical research have effortlessly maintained their superiority over ordinary mortals."
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By Clifford Truesdell
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"Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense."
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By Arnold Bennett
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"He who builds a better mousetrap these days runs into material shortages, patent-infringement suits, work stoppages, collusive bidding, discount discrimination--and taxes.""
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By H. E. Martz
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"He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses."
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By Horace
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"He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray."
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By Homer, The Iliad
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