The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
RENE DESCARTESBut in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
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At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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I had become aware, as early as my college days, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible can be imagined, that has not been held by one of the philosophers.
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.
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Masked, I advance.
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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto ‘to live well you must live unseen’.
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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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