Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle Quote

As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property.


Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds (1686), trans. H. A. Hargreaves (1990)


As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property.

As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property.

As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property.

As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property.