Quote#Beauty
The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal themselves in…
Quote byCarl Friedrich Gauss · 1777–1855
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Sophie Germain (30 April 1807) ([...]; les charmes enchanteurs de cette sublime science ne se décèlent dans toute leur beauté qu'à ceux qui ont le courage de l'approfondir. Mais lorsqu'une personne de ce sexe, qui, par nos meurs [sic] et par nos préjugés, doit rencontrer infiniment plus d'.
English (original)
The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal themselves in all their beauty only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.
— Carl Friedrich Gauss
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