For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
RENE DESCARTESIt is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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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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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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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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I think; therefore I am.
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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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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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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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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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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
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The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt
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To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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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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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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