Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it

Quote by Rene Descartes

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The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to...

The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to...

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...

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

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...

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...

I think; therefore I am.

I think; therefore I am.

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

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.

Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so...

Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so...

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 purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a...

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a...

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that...

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that...

I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season...

I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season...