You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length.
Carl Friedrich GaussAbout author
- Author's profession: Mathematician
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: April 30, 1777
- Died: February 23, 1855
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