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.
RENE DESCARTESDoubt is the origin of wisdom.
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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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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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I took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
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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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Masked, I advance.
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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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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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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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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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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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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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