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Rene Descartes Quotes

French - Mathematician | March 31, 1596 - February 11, 1650

I think; therefore I am.

I Am Think Brainy I Think Am

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Good Mind Brainy Enough Well Main

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Resolve Difficulty Divide Necessary

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

Good Past Reading Conversation Minds

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Men Perfect Numbers Rare Like Very

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.

Life Truth Doubt You Possible Real

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

Soul Me Reach My Soul Offended Try

In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.

Mind Learn Improve Order Contemplate

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.

Time Trust Never Deceive Us Prudent

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.

I Am Mind Amazing Weak Error How

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

Minds Capable Vices Greatest Well

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.

Habit World Common Sense Matters

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