“Nobody, even in the provinces, should ever be allowed to ask an intelligent question about pure mathematics across a dinner table. A question of this kind is quite as bad as inquiring suddenly about the state of a man’s soul …”
― Oscar Wilde, Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
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