"L’astronomie est fille de l’oisiveté, la géométrie est fille de l’intérêt"
— Astronomy

January 1, 1970

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Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, in Premier Soir, Entretiens Sur La Pluralité Des Mondes (1686). Translated by Glanville in 'The First Evening, Conversations with a Lady, on the Plurality of Words (1728), 10.