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.
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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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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Masked, I advance.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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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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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect other than the increasing discovery of my own ignorance
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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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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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