Quote: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Mathematicians (#1337)

Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them, they translate it into their own language, and forthwith it means something entirely different.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 08/28/1749 - 03/22/1832
German poet

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