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  • It is a matter for considerable regret that Fermat, who cultivated the theory of numbers with so much success, did not leave us with the proofs of the theorems he discovered. In truth, Messrs Euler and Lagrange, who have not disdained this kind of research, have proved most of these theorems, and have even substituted extensive theories for the isolated propositions of Fermat. But there are several proofs which have resisted their efforts.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adrien-Marie Legendre Quotes , Regret Quotes , Numbers Quotes
  • Because the rich are generally few in number, while the poor are many, they appear to be antagonistic, and as the one or the other prevails they form the government. Hence arises the common opinion that there are two kinds of government - democracy and oligarchy.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Two Quotes , Numbers Quotes
  • I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize that the State, the community, the citizens acting together, can do a number of things better than if they were left to individual action.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Theodore Roosevelt Quotes , Strong Quotes , Numbers Quotes
  • The evidence that things are changing fast can be seen in the dramatic increase in the influence of blogging. We should be collecting emails as we used to collect telephone numbers and using them to better communicate our message to key voters.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adam Rickitt Quotes , Keys Quotes , Numbers Quotes
  • The more elevated a culture, the richer its language. The number of words and their combinations depends directly on a sum of conceptions and ideas; without the latter there can be no understandings, no definitions, and, as a result, no reason to enrich a language.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Anton Chekhov Quotes , Ideas Quotes , Numbers Quotes
  • Number one, it is absolutely critical that we tone down the rhetoric when it comes to the immigration debate, because there has been an undertone that has been ugly. Oftentimes, it has been directed at the Hispanic community. We have seen hate crimes skyrocket in the wake of the immigration debate as it has been conducted in Washington, and that is unacceptable.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Hate Quotes , Numbers Quotes
  • If the United States haven't grown poets, on any scale of grandeur, it is certain that they import, print, and read more poetry than any equal number of people elsewhere -- probably more than the rest of the world combined. Poetry (like a grand personality) is a growth of many generations -- many rare combinations. To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
  • 5 years ago



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