Sire, there is no royal road to geometry.
— Euclid Ancient

Father of geometry

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Context

Reply to King Ptolemy I Soter who asked if there was a shorter way to learn geometry than through his 'Elements'.

Date / Period

c. 300 BCE

Category

Shocking

Source

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Euclid#Attributed

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