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• Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
  -- G.H. Hardy -- A Mathematician's Apology...
• There is one comforting conclusion which is easy for a real mathematician.
  Real mathematics has no effects on war. No one has yet discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it seems unlikely that anyone will do so for many years....
• A science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth, or more directly promotes the destruction of human life.
  -- Godfrey H. Hardy...
• I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is -- I could be just as proud for half the money.
  -- Arthur Godfrey...
• I'm proud to be paying taxes in the U.S. The only thing is - I could be just as proud for half the money.
  GODFREY...
• After lovemaking, a German woman is practical. She will say, "Ach, dat vas goot!
  A French woman is solicitous. She will say, "Ah, mon cheri, did I please you?...