HOW TO PROVE IT, PART 6

proof by picture:
A more convincing form of proof by example. Combines well
with proof by omission.

proof by vehement assertion:
It is useful to have some kind of authority relation to the
audience.

proof by ghost reference:
Nothing even remotely resembling the cited theorem appears in
the reference given.

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If you don't strike oil in twenty minutes, stop boring.
 — Andrew Carnegie, on public speaking

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And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
 — Genesis 35:21

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My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them
that are given to change:
 — Proverbs 24:21

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And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered
the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the
wrath of God.
 — Revelation 14:19

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And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes,
and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
 — Leviticus 11:28

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Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.
 — Augustus Caesar

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The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of
Amasai,
 — 1 Chronicles 6:35

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Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote
him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger
of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
 — Numbers 35:21

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Canonical, adj.:
The usual or standard state or manner of something. A true story:
One Bob Sjoberg, new at the MIT AI Lab, expressed some annoyance at the use
of jargon. Over his loud objections, we made a point of using jargon as
much as possible in his presence, and eventually it began to sink in.
Finally, in one conversation, he used the word «canonical» in jargon-like
fashion without thinking.
Steele: «Aha! We've finally got you talking jargon too!»
Stallman: «What did he say?»
Steele: «He just used `canonical' in the canonical way.»

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And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are
the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in
them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be
my people.
 — 2 Corinthians 6:16

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Sanity is the trademark of a weak mind.
 — Mark Harrold

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… it is easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of them by the
sense of achievement you get from getting them to work at all. In other
words… their fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by their
superficial design flaws.
 — The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, on the products
of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.

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And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,
Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not
walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of
Asa king of Judah,
 — 2 Chronicles 21:12

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Death is nature's way of saying `Howdy'.

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Love is always open arms. With arms open you allow love to come and
go as it wills, freely, for it will do so anyway. If you close your
arms about love you'll find you are left only holding yourself.

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So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running
after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said,
Is all well?
 — 2 Kings 5:21

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But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes,
which I also hate.
 — Revelation 2:6

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All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every
one in his own house.
 — Isaiah 14:18

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For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens.
 — 2 Corinthians 5:1

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For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought
to say.
 — Luke 12:12

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My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned:
then spake I with my tongue,
 — Psalms 39:3

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Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take
comfort a little,
 — Job 10:20

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Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
 — Deuteronomy 6:16

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If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land,
and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
 — Numbers 14:8

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Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will
deliver you no more.
 — Judges 10:13

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And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon
called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea:
for they were fishers.
 — Matthew 4:18

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Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know that he is.
 — Jean Anouilh, «The Lark»

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Two men are in a hot-air balloon. Soon, they find themselves lost in a
canyon somewhere. One of the three men says, «I've got an idea. We can
call for help in this canyon and the echo will carry our voices to the
end of the canyon. Someone's bound to hear us by then!»
So he leans over the basket and screams out, «Helllloooooo! Where
are we?» (They hear the echo several times).
Fifteen minutes later, they hear this echoing voice: «Helllloooooo!
You're lost!»
The shouter comments, «That must have been a mathematician.»
Puzzled, his friend asks, «Why do you say that?»
«For three reasons. First, he took a long time to answer, second,
he was absolutely correct, and, third, his answer was absolutely useless.»

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You just wait, I'll sin till I blow up!
 — Dylan Thomas

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