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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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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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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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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
Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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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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But what then am I? A thing that thinks. What is that? A thing that doubts, understand, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, and that also imagines and senses.
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Affirm Deep Deny Doubt Imagination Myself Refuse Sense Thing Think Understand Will
To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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Destruction Edifice Foundation Necessary
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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He who hid well, lived well.
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Masked, I advance.
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