G. H. Hardy: «Οι γλώσσες πεθαίνουν, ενώ οι μαθηματικές γνώσεις όχι»

Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not. "Immortality" may be a silly word, but probably a mathematician has the best chance of whatever it may mean. 

- G. H. Hardy