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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 reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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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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Nothing is made from nothing.
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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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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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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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I think; therefore I am.
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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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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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The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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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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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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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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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