It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the a…

Carl Friedrich Gauss
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It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. ✨ Letter to Farkas Bolyai, September 02, 1808.
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It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. ✨ Letter to Farkas Bolyai, September 02, 1808.

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