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

Quote by Rene Descartes

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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...

Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.

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...

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

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...

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 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 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...

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.

I think; therefore I am.

I think; therefore I am.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and...

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and...

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall...

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall...