"The mathematician who after seeing Phedre asked: 'Qu'est……" — W. Somerset Maugham

"The mathematician who after seeing Phedre asked: 'Qu'est que ca prouve?' was not such a fool as he has been generally made out. No one has ever been able to explain why the Doric temple of Paestum is more beautiful than a glass of cold beer except by bringing in considerations that have nothing to do with beauty."

W. Somerset Maugham

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