Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
RENE DESCARTESCommon 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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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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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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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 to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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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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Masked, I advance.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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 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.
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