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I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly and obviously conceive are true: only observing, however, that there is some difficulty in rightly determining the objects which we distinctly conceive.

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But possibly I am something more than I suppose myself to be.

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Doubt is the origin of wisdom

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If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

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De omnibus dubitandum

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The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

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The nature of matter, or body considered in general, consists not in its being something which is hard or heavy or coloured, or which affects the sen…

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

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Conquer yourself rather than the world.

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Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.

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