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The case for my life... is this: that I have added something to knowledge, and helped others to add more
G. H. Hardy
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G. H. Hardy
Age: 70 †
Born: 1877
Born: February 7
Died: 1947
Died: December 1
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Godfrey Harold Hardy
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It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
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Greek mathematics is the real thing. The Greeks first spoke a language which modern mathematicians can understand... So Greek mathematics is 'permanent', more permanent even than Greek literature.
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