Who said "The pursuit of knowledge is the highest calling."?

This quote is attributed to Nicola Fontana Tartaglia.

The pursuit of knowledge is the highest calling. - Nicola Fontana Tartaglia

"The pursuit of knowledge is the highest calling."

Nicola Fontana Tartaglia

Mathematician Engineer Ballistics Italian 1499–1557

"Mathematics is the alphabet in which God has written the universe."

"The art of solving problems is born from experience."

"In geometry, there is no royal road."

"He who understands Euclid for thirty years is a geometer."