Pierre De Fermat Inspirational Quotes (4)

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.

I am more exempt and more distant than any man in the world

And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown that the ancients did not know everything.

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