"Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics."

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Source : A Mathematician's Apology ch. 10 (1940)

G. H. Hardy

#Apology Quotes #World Quotes #Ugly Quotes

“I enjoyed showing a bit more leg in the last few stories. It was good fun, but it can be quite sexist. But it doesnt worry me personally all that much.”
“As human beings we have a tendency when we like something to tie it up and make sure it's there for a long time. I've been working on being able to let things go. I don't think I ever want to buy property again.”

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“Every Christian is chosen-chosen for similar deeds, namely: to be with the Lord, through unceasing remembrance of Him and awareness of His omnipresence, through the preaching and fulfillment of His commandments, and through a readiness to confess one's faith in Him. In those circles where such a confession is made, it is a loud sermon for all to hear.”
“I made a living out of being a class clown”
“One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.”
“Let your body take care of you.”
“Naturally I drew register a little exaggerated, in order to create something new in the sense of a sublime literature that sings of despair only in order to oppress the reader, and make him desire the good as the remedy.”
“Where do we record the passing of wildlife? Who mourns the silent deaths of the small?”

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