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.
RENE DESCARTESWhenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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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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Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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He who hid well, lived well.
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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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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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For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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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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