Quotes from Jean le Rond d'Alembert

Music that paints nothing is only noise.

There are only two kinds of certain knowledge: Awareness of our own existence and the truths of mathematics.

To someone who could grasp the Universe from a unified standpoint the entire creation would appear as a unique truth and necessity.

I am worn out by the insults and vexations that this work brings down on us.

Gaming is the destruction of all decorum; the prince forgets at it his dignity, and the lady her modesty.

Just go on..and faith will soon return.

Push on and faith will catch up with you.

Just go on . . . and faith will soon return. To a friend hesitant with respect to infinitesimals.