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Rene Descartes Quotes

«When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable»
«The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations»
«You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.»
«Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.»
«The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.»
«Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.»
«In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate»
«The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.»
«Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it»
«Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.»

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