Everybody thinks himself so well supplied with common sense that even those most difficult to please. . . never desire more of it than they already have.

Quote by Rene Descartes

Topics: Common Sense Quotes

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...

Everything is self-evident.

Everything is self-evident.

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of...

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of...

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

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

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...

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

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...

I think therefore I exist.

I think therefore I exist.

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 greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to...

The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to...

I think; therefore I am.

I think; therefore I am.

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...

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...

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...

Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so...

Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so...

A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed

A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks...

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks...

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...

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...