It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
RENE DESCARTESThere is nothing more ancient than the truth.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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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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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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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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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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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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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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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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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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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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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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