Sire, there is no royal road to geometry.
Father of geometry
Sire, there is no royal road to geometry.
Father of geometry
Reply to King Ptolemy I Soter who asked if there was a shorter way to learn geometry than through his 'Elements'.
c. 300 BCE
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