The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
RENE DESCARTESIf you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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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 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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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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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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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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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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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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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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