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Rene Descartes Quotes

Rene Descartes quotes

French Mathematician March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650

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Rene Descartes quote: "Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one..."
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world,..."
Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "Cogito ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am.)"
Cogito ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am.) Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "I think; therefore I am."
I think; therefore I am. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every..."
You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible..."
One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has..."
There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another. Rene Descartes
Let whoever can do so deceive me, he will never bring it about that I am nothing, so long as I continue to think I am something. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well..."
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so..."
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow."
Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow. Rene Descartes
. . .it is not my design to teach the method that everyone must follow in order to use his reason properly, but only to show the way in which I have tried to use my own. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "Conquer yourself rather than the world."
Conquer yourself rather than the world. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws..."
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed. Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes quote: "He who hid well, lived well."
He who hid well, lived well. Rene Descartes

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