It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
RENE DESCARTESExcept our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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Masked, I advance.
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That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
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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 will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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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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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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To live well is to live concealed.
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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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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If 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.
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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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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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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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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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