It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
RENE DESCARTESThere is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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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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It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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Nothing is made from nothing.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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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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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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That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
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Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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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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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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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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