It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
RENE DESCARTESIt is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.
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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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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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To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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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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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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Masked, I advance.
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I think; therefore I am.
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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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.
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