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title: "6 Squaring Circle Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [But the gambling reasoner is incorrigible: if he would but take to squaring the circle, what a load of misery would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus-de-morgan/but-the-gambling-reasoner-is-incorrigible-if-he-would-but-take-to/)

[Augustus De Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus-de-morgan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/augustus-de-morgan-18916_circles_but-the-gambling-reasoner-is-incorrigibl_534895.png)

> [“The Golden Ratio defines the squaring of a circle. Stated in mathematical terms, this says: Given a square of known perimeter, create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marja-de-vries/the-golden-ratio-defines-the-squaring-of-a-circle-stated-in/)

[Marja de Vries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marja-de-vries/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/marja-de-vries-92227_ancient-egypt_the-golden-ratio-defines-the-squaring-of_1087044.jpg)

> [The squaring of the circle is a stage on the way to the unconscious, a point of transition leading to a goal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-squaring-of-the-circle-is-a-stage-on-the-way-to-the-unconscious-a/)

[Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/)

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> [The 'squaring of the circle' is one of the many archetypal motifs which form the basic patterns of our dreams and fantasies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-squaring-of-the-circle-is-one-of-the-many-archetypal-motifs-which/)

[Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/)

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> [“The golden ratio, as well as the Great Pyramid as an expression of it, is an important key to our universe containing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-witteveen/the-golden-ratio-as-well-as-the-great-pyramid-as-an-expression-of-it/)

[Willem Witteveen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-witteveen/)

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> [ \[A mathematician is a\] scientist who can figure out anything except such simple things as squaring the circle and trisecting an angle. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-esar/a-mathematician-is-a-scientist-who-can-figure-out-anything-except/)

[Evan Esar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-esar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3a/evan-esar-1689_angle_a-mathematician-is-a-scientist-who-can-f_2957128.jpg)

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