For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
RENE DESCARTESThe destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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He who hid well, lived well.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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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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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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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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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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The dreams we imagine when we are asleep should not in any way make us doubt the truth of the thoughts we have when we are awake.
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Nothing is made from nothing.
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