It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not the possession of but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.
Where this quote comes from
Gauss wrote this in French to the mathematician Sophie Germain on 30 April 1807, after learning that the correspondent he knew as Monsieur Le Blanc was a woman. The science he means is number theory. He adds that a woman who overcomes the far greater obstacles placed in her way must have the noblest courage and superior genius.
Source: Letter to Sophie Germain, 30 April 1807
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