It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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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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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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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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I think; therefore I am.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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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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At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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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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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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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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Masked, I advance.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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