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title: "6 Ellipse Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Ellipse quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Ellipse sayings and thoughts."
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> [The ellipse is as aimless as that, Stretching invisibly into the future so as to reappear In our present. Its flexing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/the-ellipse-is-as-aimless-as-that-stretching-invisibly-into-the/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a8/john-ashbery-3600_accounts_the-ellipse-is-as-aimless-as-that-stretc_160561.png)

> [Many a zero thinks it is the ellipse on which the Earth travels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-jerzy-lec/many-a-zero-thinks-it-is-the-ellipse-on-which-the-earth-travels/)

[Stanislaw Jerzy Lec](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanislaw-jerzy-lec/)

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> [“Man is not a circle with a single centre; he is an ellipse with a double focus. Facts form one of these,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/man-is-not-a-circle-with-a-single-centre-he-is-an-ellipse-with-a/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/victor-hugo-32_man-circle_man-is-not-a-circle-with-a-single-centre_239473.jpg)

> [“Mankind is not a circle with a single centre but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/mankind-is-not-a-circle-with-a-single-centre-but-an-ellipse-with-two/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/victor-hugo-32_facts_mankind-is-not-a-circle-with-a-single-ce_257389.jpg)

> [ So, Fabricius, I already have this: that the most true path of the planet \[Mars\] is an ellipse, which Dürer also calls… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-kepler/so-fabricius-i-already-have-this-that-the-most-true-path-of-the/)

[Johannes Kepler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-kepler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/johannes-kepler-4278_differences_so-fabricius-i-already-have-this-that-th_311054.png)

> [“Man is not a circle with a single center; he is an ellipse with two focii. Facts are one, ideas are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/man-is-not-a-circle-with-a-single-center-he-is-an-ellipse-with-two/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/victor-hugo-32_mindset_man-is-not-a-circle-with-a-single-center_2543067.jpg)

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