It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
RENE DESCARTESIt is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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When I turn my mind’s eye upon myself, I understand that I am a thing which is incomplete and dependent on another and which aspires without limit to ever greater and better things…
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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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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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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.
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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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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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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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I took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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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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In 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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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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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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