Archimedes quotes

Born
c. 287 BC Syracuse, Sicily Magna Graecia.

Died
c. 212 BC.

Occupation
Mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, astronomer.

Archimedes was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Generally considered the greatest mathematician of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time.

Eureka! – I have found it!
– Archimedes

Those who claim to discover everything but produce no proofs of the same may be confuted as having actually pretended to discover the impossible.
– Archimedes

Rise above oneself and grasp the world.
– Archimedes

There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied Mathematics.
– Archimedes

Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.
– Archimedes

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
– Archimedes

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
– Archimedes

Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.
– Archimedes

Man has always learned from the past. After all, you can’t learn history in reverse!
– Archimedes

The centre of gravity of any parallelogram lies on the straight line joining the middle points of opposite sides.
– Archimedes