Georg C Lichtenberg :
So-called professional mathematicians have, in their reliance on the relative incapacity of the rest of mankind, acquired for themselves a reputation for profundity very similar to the reputation for sanctity possessed by theologians.
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Mathematics
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Reputation
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Self-reliance
Gift it
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