Nothing is made from nothing.
RENE DESCARTESI desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto ‘to live well you must live unseen’.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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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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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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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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To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.
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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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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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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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