Arquimedes

[ After thinking of a method to test the purity of gold :] Eureka!

Give me but one firm spot on which to stand, and I will move the earth.

on the action of a lever

Eureka! [I’ve got it!]

Vitruvius Pollio De Architectura bk. 9, preface, sect. 10

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

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

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