"Noli turbare circulos meos. or Noli tangere circulos meos."
— Archimedes

January 1, 1970

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Reportedly his last words, said to a Roman soldier who, despite being given orders not to, killed Archimedes during the conquest of Syracuse; as quoted in World Literature: An Anthology of Human Experience (1947) by Arthur Christy, p. 655.