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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

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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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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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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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 doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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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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To live well is to live concealed.
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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I think; therefore I am.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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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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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At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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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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The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt
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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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If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
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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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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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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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I took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
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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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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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