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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

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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Endurance Mistake Motivational Myself Perseverance Push Yourself
At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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Demolition Devote General Myself Opinion Reserve Sincere
Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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Bad Book Habit One Liner
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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Enough Good Mind
I suppose therefore that all things I see are illusions; I believe that nothing has ever existed of everything my lying memory tells me.
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Believe Deep Exist Illusion Lie Memories Myself Philosophy Thing
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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Commodity Common Sense Convince Man Share Supply World
There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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Ancient Nothing One Liner Philosophy Truth
One should never judge anything unless it is known
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Judge Known
To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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Action Attention People Think
For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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Argument Fact Increase Knowledge Little Myself Perfect
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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Philosophy Power Thought
Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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Body Different Mind Philosophy Soul
When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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Determine Follow Philosophy Power Probable True
Masked, I advance.
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Advance Mask Myself
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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Forward Masked Myself Spectate Stage Theatre World
Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
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Body Capable Deep Exist Philosophy Senses Tie
He who hid well, lived well.
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Hid Himself Well
Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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Difficulty Divide Necessary Resolve
Nothing is made from nothing.
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Deep Nothing One Liner Philosophy
I took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
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Argument Certain Evidence Mathematics Myself Special
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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Doubt Far Least Life Necessary Philosophy Possible Real Seek Thing Truth Yourself
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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Bring Deceive Deep Himself Myself Philosophy Think
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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Contemplate Improve Learn Less Mind Philosophy
Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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Doubt One Liner Origin Philosophy Wisdom
I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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Accustom Awake Dream Imagination Lunatic Myself Philosophy Sleep
I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto ‘to live well you must live unseen’.
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Desire Life Live Peace Philosophy Well
In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things
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Course Doubt Life Necessary Possible Seek Thing Truth

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