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Pierre de Fermat Quotes (8 quotes)
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| “I have discovered a truly remarkable proof of this theorem which this margin is too small to contain.” ―Pierre de Fermat Source/Notes: Cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet. |
| “I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.” ―Pierre de Fermat Source/Notes: Cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet. |
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 | Source/Notes: "Treasure: uncovering patterns and principles that create prosperity" (2001), p. 31 |
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 | “Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.” ―Thomas Henry Huxley Source/Notes: Select Works of Thomas H. Huxley (J. B. Alden, Publisher, 1886 ), p. 339 |
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Pierre de Fermat
Born: August 17, 1601
Died: January 12, 1665 (aged 63)
Nationality: French
Occupation: Lawyer
Bio: Pierre de Fermat was a French lawyer at the Parlement of Toulouse, France, and an amateur mathematician who is given credit for early developments that led to infinitesimal calculus, including his adequality.
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