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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., Clifford Truesdell,Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter., Francis Bacon, Essays (1625),
Life is pain, anyone who says differently is selling something., William Goldman, The Princess Bride,
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Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did., Lillian Hellman, An Unfinished Woman, 1969, US dramatist (1905 1984)
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) A Case of Identity, 1892, British mystery author physician (1859 1930)
Diplomacy: lying in state., Oliver Hereford,