I have had this result for twenty years, but I have not yet ... - Carl Friedrich Gauss

This quote is attributed to Carl Friedrich Gauss.

"I have had this result for twenty years, but I have not yet been able to prove it."

Carl Friedrich Gauss Perseverance

Mathematician and Physicist German 1777–1855

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"I am still learning."

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"Don't give up on what you believe in."

"I've been through worse."

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