At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
RENE DESCARTESThe destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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Nothing is made from nothing.
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Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.
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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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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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Masked, I advance.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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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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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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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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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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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