One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.

Quote by Rene Descartes

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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...

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 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...

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...

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

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...

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

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...

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.

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that...

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that...

She needs make-up to cover up because, society taught her who she is, isn't enough.

She needs make-up to cover up because, society taught her who she is, isn't enough.