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“Cogito, ergo sum.”
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(I think, therefore I am.)
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“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.”
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“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.”
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“I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.”
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“The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.”
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“I resolve henceforth to think only of extending my knowledge in ways that are helpful to myself and others.”
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“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.”
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“Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.”
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“It is not enough to know how to use your mind; the essential thing is to apply it correctly.”
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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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“Because reason…is the only thing that makes us men, and distinguishes us from the beasts, I would prefer to believe that it exists.”
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“The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues.” ASTHI VISARJAN QUOTES IN ENGLISH
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“The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues.”
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“A state is better governed which has few laws and those laws strictly observed.”
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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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“I am quite conscious that this undertaking is laborious, and I am content if I succeed only in removing a little prejudice.”
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“All sciences are necessary for the greater perfection of philosophy.”
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“Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.”
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“Mathematics is a more powerful instrument of knowledge than any other that has been bequeathed to us by human agency.”
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“It is possible and necessary to follow reason while dealing with matters of faith.”
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“The end of study should be to know what it is we do not yet know.”
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“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to apply it well.”
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“Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it…”
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“I have no choice but to strive to become more perfect every day.”