I could not, at any age, be content to take my place in a co... - Carl Friedrich Gauss

This quote is attributed to Carl Friedrich Gauss.

"I could not, at any age, be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on."

Carl Friedrich Gauss Motivation

Mathematician and Physicist German 1777–1855

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