Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Quote by Rene Descartes

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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have...

It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have...

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 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...

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

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...

I think therefore I exist.

I think therefore I exist.

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...

You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be...

You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be...

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

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

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...

Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody...

Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody...

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...

I think; therefore I am.

I think; therefore I am.

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist...

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist...

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 two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said...

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said...

Dedication is the master key to any door you take to reach success.

Dedication is the master key to any door you take to reach success.

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes...

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes...

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking