I tell them that if they will occupy themselves with the study of mathematics they will find in it the best remedy against the lusts of the flesh. (Thomas Mann)

I tell them that if they will occupy themselves with the study of mathematics they will find in it the best remedy against the lusts of the flesh.

Thomas Mann

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