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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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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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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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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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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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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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