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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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Argument Fact Increase Knowledge Little Myself Perfect
For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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Apply Enough Mind Possess Right Vigorous
That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
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Attention Different Fix Object Thought Way
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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Contemplate Improve Learn Less Mind Philosophy
Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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Difficulty Divide Necessary Resolve
The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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Destruction Edifice Foundation Necessary
But what then am I? A thing that thinks. What is that? A thing that doubts, understand, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, and that also imagines and senses.
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Affirm Deep Deny Doubt Imagination Myself Refuse Sense Thing Think Understand Will
The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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Blind Deaf Deep Describe Determine Philosophy Vision Will
Nothing is made from nothing.
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Deep Nothing One Liner Philosophy
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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Deep Discover Doubt Effort Embarrass Error Found Ignore Instruct Myself Philosophy
All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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Action Best Correct Deep Judge Necessary Right
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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Deep Myself Offend Offense One Liner Raise Soul Try
Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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Conquer Inspirational One Liner World Yourself
I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto ‘to live well you must live unseen’.
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Desire Life Live Peace Philosophy Well
I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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Doubt Myself Philosophy Think
When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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