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Classic Quotes by Rene Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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