Masked, I advance.
RENE DESCARTESSo 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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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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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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I think; therefore I am.
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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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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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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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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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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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