For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
RENE DESCARTESIn 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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Nothing is made from nothing.
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He who hid well, lived well.
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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To live well is to live concealed.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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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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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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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 a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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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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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