Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
RENE DESCARTESWhen it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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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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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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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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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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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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I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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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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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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Masked, I advance.
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Nothing is made from nothing.
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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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To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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