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Fenton, James
1949–
1949–
1
It is not what they built. It is what they knocked down.
It is not the houses. It is the spaces between the houses.
It is not the streets that exist. It is the streets that no longer exist.
Yes
You have come upon the fabled lands where myths
Go when they die.
It is not what they built. It is what they knocked down.
It is not the houses. It is the spaces between the houses.
It is not the streets that exist. It is the streets that no longer exist.
German Requiem
(1981)
Yes
You have come upon the fabled lands where myths
Go when they die.
"The Pitt-Rivers Museum" (1983)
Ferdinand I
1503–64
1503–64
1
Fiat justitia et pereat mundus.Let justice be done, though the world perish.
Fiat justitia et pereat mundus.Let justice be done, though the world perish.
motto of Ferdinand I (1503–64), Holy Roman Emperor.
Ferguson, Samuel
1810–86
1810–86
1
As I heard the sweet lark sing
In the clear air of the day.
As I heard the sweet lark sing
In the clear air of the day.
"The Lark in the Clear Air"
Fermat, Pierre de
1601–65
1601–65
1
Cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet.I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.
of "Fermat's last theorem", written in the margin of his copy of Diophantus' Arithmetica, and subsequently published by his son in 1670 in an edition of the book containing Fermat's annotations
Cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet.I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.
of "Fermat's last theorem", written in the margin of his copy of Diophantus' Arithmetica, and subsequently published by his son in 1670 in an edition of the book containing Fermat's annotations
Simon Singh
Fermat's Last Theorem
(1997)
Fermi, Enrico
1901–54
1901–54
1
Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.
Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.
Laura Fermi
Atoms in the Family
(1955)
Ferrier, Kathleen
1912–53
1912–53
1
Now I'll have eine kleine Pause.
last words
Now I'll have eine kleine Pause.
last words
Gerald Moore
Am I Too Loud?
(1962)
Feuerbach, Ludwig
1804–72
1804–72
1
Der Mensch ist, was er isst.Man is what he eats.
Der Mensch ist, was er isst.Man is what he eats.
Jacob Moleschott
Lehre der Nahrungsmittel: Für das Volk
(1850) "Advertisement".
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