Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for everyone thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even that those who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger meas |
I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake. |
I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake. |
I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery. |
I think, therefor I am |
I think; therefore I am. |
If we possessed a thorough knowledge of all the parts of the seed of any animal (e.g. man), we could from that alone, be reasons entirely mathematical and certain, deduce the whole conformation and figure of each of its members, and, conversely if we |
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. |
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. |
Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow. |
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate |
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get. |
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get. |
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. |
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. |