All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
RENE DESCARTESI 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 a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
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To live well is to live concealed.
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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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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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Let whoever can do so deceive me, he will never bring it about that I am nothing, so long as I continue to think I am something.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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So far, I have been a spectator in this theatre which is the world, but I am now about to mount the stage, and I come forward masked.
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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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I think; therefore I am.
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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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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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