Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951)
The riddle does not exist. If a question can be put at all, then it can also be answered.
Tractatus Logico Philosophicus, New York, 1922.
Wordsworth, William (1770 - 1850)
[Mathematics] is an independent world
Created out of pure intelligence.
Wren, Sir Christopoher
In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have no respect one to another, great variety is commendable, provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry.
W.H. Auden and L. Kronenberger The Viking Book of Aphorisms, New York: Viking Press, 1966.
W. Somerset Maugham
It is a great
nuisance that
knowledge can only
be acquired through
hard work.
