There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
RENE DESCARTESAm I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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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 think; therefore I am.
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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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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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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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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Masked, I advance.
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He who hid well, lived well.
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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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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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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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I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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