This is the misfortune of most of the solvers of the celebrated problems, that they have not knowledge enough to present those consequences of their results by which they can be easily judged.
"A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)"
Augustus de Morgan
The majority of solvers make forty-eight cuts to divide the roll into forty-eight pieces!
"Amusements in Mathematics"
Henry Ernest Dudeney
Now, as we are required to use every legitimate and practical method of economy, it should at once occur to us that the plates must be painted on both sides; indeed, this is such a common practice in cases of this kind that it would readily occur to most solvers.
"Amusements in Mathematics"
Henry Ernest Dudeney