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All kinds of quotations about mathematics and by mathematicians can be found here.
According to St. Augustine:
The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell.
This makes much more sense when you realize that in this context, a "mathematician" is what we would call an "astrologer".
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