Pierre de Fermat Quotes

"I will share all of this with you whenever you wish."
- Pierre de Fermat
(Related: Will)

"I am more exempt and more distant than any man in the world."
- Pierre de Fermat
(Related: Man, World)

"And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything."
- Pierre de Fermat
(Related: Posterity, Will)

"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
(Related: Power, Remarkable)

"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
(Related: Power)