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Conquer yourself rather than the world.

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He who hid well, lived well.
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Hid Himself Well
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
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
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
I suppose therefore that all things I see are illusions; I believe that nothing has ever existed of everything my lying memory tells me.
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Believe Deep Exist Illusion Lie Memories Myself Philosophy Thing
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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Book Conversation Fine Good Man Past Read
There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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Ancient Nothing One Liner Philosophy Truth
To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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Action Attention People Think
With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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Mathematics Myself
Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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Body Different Mind Philosophy Soul
I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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Doubt Myself Philosophy Think
To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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Attempt Close Deep Eyes Live Philosophy Truth
When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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Determine Follow Philosophy Power Probable True
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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Endurance Mistake Motivational Myself Perseverance Push Yourself
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
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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Forward Masked Myself Spectate Stage Theatre World
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
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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Contemplate Improve Learn Less Mind Philosophy
One should never judge anything unless it is known
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Judge Known
Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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Difficulty Divide Necessary Resolve
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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Problem Rule Serve Solve
Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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Bad Book Habit One Liner
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
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
It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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Best Great Miserble Philosophy Quest Truth Yourself
The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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Destruction Edifice Foundation Necessary
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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Acceptance Doubt Thing True

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