There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain. Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds.

Quote by G H Hardy

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Pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful...

Pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful...

Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do...

Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do...

I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.

I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.

Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.

Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.

A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns...

A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns...

It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition,...

It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition,...

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five...

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five...

That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity...

That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity...

The might of the majority is not always right because to sense alright everything that...

The might of the majority is not always right because to sense alright everything that...

The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.

The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen...

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen...

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of...

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of...

I don't like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how...

I don't like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how...

Majorities are of two sorts: (1) communal majority and (2) political majority. A political majority...

Majorities are of two sorts: (1) communal majority and (2) political majority. A political majority...

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not...

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not...

One man with courage makes a majority.

One man with courage makes a majority.

Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates...

Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates...