James Joseph Sylvester
Mathematician
"The early study of Euclid made me a hater of geometry."
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Euclid
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Thomas Jefferson
Politician, Founding Father
"I have given up newspapers in exchange for Tacitus and Thucydides, for Newton and Euclid; and I find myself much the happier."
Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"If Euclid's point, though incapable of being drawn by any human agency, has an imperishable value, my picture has its own for mankind to live."
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