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title: "2 Demonstration Quotes By Pierre De Fermat"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-fermat/but-it-is-impossible-to-divide-a-cube-into-two-cubes-or-a-fourth/)

[Pierre de Fermat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-de-fermat/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-fermat/it-is-impossible-for-any-number-which-is-a-power-greater-than-the/)

[Pierre de Fermat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-de-fermat/)

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## Other authors on Demonstration

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demonstration/noam-chomsky/)
- [Aristotle 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demonstration/aristotle/)
- [Neale Donald Walsch 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demonstration/neale-donald-walsch/)

## More by Pierre De Fermat

> [“Et peut-être la posterité me saura gré de lui avoir fait connaître que les Anciens n’ont pas tout su. ( And perhaps, posterity will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-fermat/et-peut-tre-la-posterit-me-saura-gr-de-lui-avoir-fait-conna-tre-que/)

[Pierre De Fermat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-fermat/but-it-is-impossible-to-divide-a-cube-into-two-cubes-or-a-fourth/)

[Pierre de Fermat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-de-fermat/)

> [I will share all of this with you whenever you wish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-fermat/i-will-share-all-of-this-with-you-whenever-you-wish/)

[Pierre de Fermat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-de-fermat/)

> [And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown that the ancients did not know everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-fermat/and-perhaps-posterity-will-thank-me-for-having-shown-that-the/)

[Pierre de Fermat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-de-fermat/)

> [I am more exempt and more distant than any man in the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-fermat/i-am-more-exempt-and-more-distant-than-any-man-in-the-world/)

[Pierre de Fermat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-fermat/it-is-impossible-for-any-number-which-is-a-power-greater-than-the/)

[Pierre de Fermat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-de-fermat/)

> [I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which however the margin is not large enough to contain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-fermat/i-have-discovered-a-truly-marvelous-proof-of-this-which-however-the/)

[Pierre de Fermat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-de-fermat/)

> [To divide a cube into two other cubes, a fourth power, or in general any power whatever into two powers of the same denomination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-fermat/to-divide-a-cube-into-two-other-cubes-a-fourth-power-or-in-general/)

[Pierre de Fermat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-de-fermat/)

> [I have found a very great number of exceedingly beautiful theorems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-fermat/i-have-found-a-very-great-number-of-exceedingly-beautiful-theorems/)

[Pierre de Fermat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-de-fermat/)

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