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From these beginnings, as it were, have issued bitterness, contentious obstinancy, lack of amenity, hasty judgement, anger, and an intense desire for revenge—to say nothing of headstrong will; that which many damn, by word at least, was my delight.

— Gerolamo Cardano

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Better it is to have the worst, than none at all.

Cardanus Comforte (1574)

I am able to admit two distinct trains of thought to my mind at the same time.

For as positio refers to a line, quadratum to the surface, and cubum to a solid body, it would be very foolish for us to go beyond this point. Nature does no permit it.

The Great Rules of Algebra (1968)

Yet I avoid this practice in the presence of my benefactors and of my superiors.

The greatest advantage in gambling lies in not playing at all.

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