Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.

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There should be no such thing as boring mathematics.

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Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.

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Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.

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"The fatal disease" belongs more to the problem set than to the solution set.

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Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

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Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!

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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.

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