The important thing, once you have enough to eat and a nice house, is what you can do for others, what you can contribute to the enterprise as a whole. (Donald Knuth)

The important thing, once you have enough to eat and a nice house, is what you can do for others, what you can contribute to the enterprise as a whole.

Donald Knuth

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