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

Quote by Rene Descartes

Topics: Confidence Quotes

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 am.

I think; therefore I am.

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...

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...

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...

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly...

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly...

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...

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.

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...

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

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 only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

People who have lost relationships often wonder why they can't just let it be water...

People who have lost relationships often wonder why they can't just let it be water...

A Human Thought is an actual EXISTENCE, and a Force and Power, capable of acting...

A Human Thought is an actual EXISTENCE, and a Force and Power, capable of acting...