"To such idle talk it might further be……" — Carl Friedrich Gauss
"To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation is coupled with specific shortcomings, it is likewise almost certainly divorced from certain other shortcomings."
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
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57 Quotes by Carl Friedrich Gauss
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