Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
RENE DESCARTESBad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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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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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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I think; therefore I am.
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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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Let whoever can do so deceive me, he will never bring it about that I am nothing, so long as I continue to think I am something.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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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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To live well is to live concealed.
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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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Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.
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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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Nothing is made from nothing.
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That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
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