“Distance in a straight line has no mystery. The mystery is in the sphere.”
Thomas Mann (1875–1955) German novelist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate
“Following straight lines shortens distances, and also life.”
El ir derecho acorta las distancias, y también la vida.
Voces (1943)
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