There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
RENE DESCARTESConquer yourself rather than the world.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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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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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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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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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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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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To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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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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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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I think; therefore I am.
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