7+ Pierre de Fermat Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Pierre de Fermat quotes and sayings.

To divide a cube into two other cubes, a fourth power, or in general any power whatever into two powers of the same denomination above the second is impossible, and I have assuredly found an admirable proof of this, but the margin is too narrow to contain it. — Pierre de Fermat

And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything. — Pierre de Fermat

I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which however the margin is not large enough to contain. — Pierre de Fermat

It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain. — Pierre de Fermat

But it is impossible to divide a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into fourth powers, or generally any power beyond the square into like powers; of this I have found a remarkable demonstration. This margin is too narrow to contain it. — Pierre de Fermat

I have found a very great number of exceedingly beautiful theorems. — Pierre de Fermat

I am more exempt and more distant than any man in the world — Pierre de Fermat