Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Quote by Rene Descartes

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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...

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...

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

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...

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the...

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the...

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...

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

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 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...

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...

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...

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Everybody thinks himself so well supplied with common sense that even those most difficult to...

Everybody thinks himself so well supplied with common sense that even those most difficult to...

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...

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...

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

The finite mind does not require to grasp the infinitude of truth, but only to...

The finite mind does not require to grasp the infinitude of truth, but only to...

Even when we did win, we were using a rifle against a club It's our...

Even when we did win, we were using a rifle against a club It's our...