Famous quotes containing the words equal, mass and/or number:
“Three foolish cobblers with their wits combined equal Zhuge Liang, the master mind.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education, and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves ... beyond all suspicion of any design to deceive others ... and at the same time attesting facts, performed in such a public manner, and in so celebrated a part of the world, as to render the detection unavoidable.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)