There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
RENE DESCARTESAt last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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So far, I have been a spectator in this theatre which is the world, but I am now about to mount the stage, and I come forward masked.
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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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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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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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Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
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The dreams we imagine when we are asleep should not in any way make us doubt the truth of the thoughts we have when we are awake.
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When I turn my mind’s eye upon myself, I understand that I am a thing which is incomplete and dependent on another and which aspires without limit to ever greater and better things…
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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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Masked, I advance.
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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I think; therefore I am.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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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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