Euclid Quotes

• The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.

  Euclid

  God, Nature, Math

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• Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another.

  Euclid

  Equal

  Euclid (1956). “The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements”, p.222, Courier Corporation

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• And the whole is greater than the part.

  Euclid

  Whole, Greater

  "Euclid's Elements, Book I, Common Notion 8". Book by Euclid,

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• Sire, there is no royal road to geometry.

  Euclid

  Royal, Geometry

  Quoted in Proclus, Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elementa

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• Better balance, less pain and less restless leg syndrome.

  Euclid

  Pain, Balance, Legs

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• A line is length without breadth.

  Euclid

  Lines, Mathematics, Length

  'Elementa' bk. 1, definition 2

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• Give him threepence, since he must make a gain out of what he learns.

  Euclid

  Giving, Gains, Geometry

  Euclid (1956). “The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements”, p.3, Courier Corporation

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• In right-angled triangles the square on the side subtending the right angle is equal to the squares on the sides containing the right angle.

  Euclid

  Science, Squares, Triangles

  Euclid, Phillips (1826). “Elements of Geometry, Containing the First Six Books of Euclid”, p.41

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• A prime number is one (which is) measured by a unit alone.

  Euclid

  Numbers, Prime Numbers, Prime

  "Euclid's Elements, Book 7, Definition 11". Book by Euclid,

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• That, if a straight line falling on two straight lines makes the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which the angles are less than two right angles.

  Euclid

  Fall, Science, Two

  Euclid, Dana Densmore (2002). “Euclid's Elements: all thirteen books complete in one volume : the Thomas L. Heath translation”, Green Lion Pr

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