Euclid — "Sire, there is no royal road to geometry."

Sire, there is no royal road to geometry.
Euclid — Euclid Ancient · Father of geometry

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Reply to King Ptolemy I Soter who asked if there was a shorter way to learn geometry than through his 'Elements'.

Date: c. 300 BCE

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