It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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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To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.
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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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He who hid well, lived well.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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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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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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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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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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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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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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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