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…

Quote by Rene Descartes

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

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

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which...

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which...

There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by...

There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by...

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Common sense is the best distributed thing in the world, for everyone thinks he is...

Common sense is the best distributed thing in the world, for everyone thinks he is...

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been...

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been...

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

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

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum. (I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I...

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum. (I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I...

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to...

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to...

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least...

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least...

The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to...

The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to...

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

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

When I consider this carefully, I find not a single property which with certainty separates...

When I consider this carefully, I find not a single property which with certainty separates...

I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that...

I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that...

If I found any new truths in the sciences, I can say that they follow...

If I found any new truths in the sciences, I can say that they follow...

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it...

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it...

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the...

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the...

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

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

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

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