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.
RENE DESCARTESSo 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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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect other than the increasing discovery of my own ignorance
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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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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At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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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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I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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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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He who hid well, lived well.
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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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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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