I did not imitate the skeptics who doubt only for doubting's sake, and pretend to be always undecided; … - Rene Descartes

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Those who draw their sustenance from science are blessed. It is for me to only derive an occasional pleasure. This is nothing worthy of conceit, but I am indeed touched by the joys. This book is an ode to such joys, a digest of my collections from various sources.

Rene Descartes

I did not imitate the skeptics who doubt only for doubting's sake, and pretend to be always undecided; on the contrary, my whole intention was to arrive at a certainty, and to dig away the drift and the sand until I reached the rock or the clay beneath.

Rocks, Doubt, Clay, Drift, Dig

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We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

Describe, See, World

The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts.

Authors, Book, Carefully, Nay, Past, Reading

De omnibus dubitandum

Dubitandum, Omnibus, Philosophical

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

Happiness, Laughter, Sorrow, Tears, Wisdom

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

Attitude, High, Inspirational, Raise, Spiritual, Whenever