In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
RENE DESCARTESOne should never judge anything unless it is known
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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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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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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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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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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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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The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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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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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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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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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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