When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
RENE DESCARTESAt last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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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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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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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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The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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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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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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Nothing is made from nothing.
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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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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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