It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
RENE DESCARTESTo live well is to live concealed.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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 will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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He who hid well, lived well.
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To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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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I took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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