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Johannes Kepler1571–1630

Geometry has two great treasures: one is the Theorem of Phythagoras, the other the division of a line in extreme and mean ratio. The first we can compare to a mass of gold; the other we may call a precious jewel.

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As quoted in Karl Fink, A Brief History of Mathematics (1903), tr. W. W. Beman and D. E. Smith

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I used to measure the heavens, now I measure the shadows of Earth. Although my mind was heaven-bound, the shadow of my body lies here.
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