"He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail."

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Sometimes attributed to Niels Henrik Abel. Reported by Christopher Hansteen in Illustreret Nyhedsblad in issue No. 9, March 2nd, 1862, as "En Tydsk Student sagde om ham i den Anledning: "er macht es wie der Fuchs, der wischt mit dem Schwanze seine Spuren im Sande aus"."