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> [It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/it-is-only-prudent-never-to-place-complete-confidence-in-that-by/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

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> [The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/the-senses-deceive-from-time-to-time-and-it-is-prudent-never-to-trust/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

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> [But I cannot forget that, at other times I have been deceived in sleep by similar illusions; and, attentively considering those cases,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/but-i-cannot-forget-that-at-other-times-i-have-been-deceived-in-sleep/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

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> [Whatever I have up till now accepted as most true and assured I have gotten either from the senses or through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/whatever-i-have-up-till-now-accepted-as-most-true-and-assured-i-have/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

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> [What then is the source of my errors? They are owing simply to the fact that, since the will extends further than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/what-then-is-the-source-of-my-errors-they-are-owing-simply-to-the/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

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## Other authors on Deceived

## More by René Descartes

> [“My third maxim was to endeavour always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/my-third-maxim-was-to-endeavour-always-to-conquer-myself-rather-than/)

[René Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/your-joy-is-your-sorrow-unmasked-and-the-self-same-well-from-which/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason to hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/so-blind-is-the-curiosity-by-which-mortals-are-possessed-that-they/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [“For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it. The greatest minds, as they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/for-to-be-possessed-of-a-vigorous-mind-is-not-enough-the-prime/)

[René Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [“It is useful to know something of the manners of different nations, that we may be enabled to form a more correct judgment regarding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/it-is-useful-to-know-something-of-the-manners-of-different-nations/)

[René Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/a-state-is-better-governed-which-has-few-laws-and-those-laws-strictly/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [ \[About Pierre de Fermat\] It cannot be denied that he has had many exceptional ideas, and that he is a highly intelligent man. For… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/about-pierre-de-fermat-it-cannot-be-denied-that-he-has-had-many/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [Science is practical philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/science-is-practical-philosophy/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [ “And what more am I? I look for aid to the imagination. \[But how mistakenly!\] I am not that assemblage of limbs we call… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/and-what-more-am-i-i-look-for-aid-to-the-imagination-but-how/)

[René Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [“And, in fine, of false sciences I thought I knew the worth sufficiently to escape being deceived by the professions of an alchemist, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/and-in-fine-of-false-sciences-i-thought-i-knew-the-worth-sufficiently/)

[René Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/nothing-is-more-fairly-distributed-than-common-sense-no-one-thinks-he/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [If I go for the alternative which is false, then obviously I shall be in error; if I take the other side, then it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/if-i-go-for-the-alternative-which-is-false-then-obviously-i-shall-be/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [Everything is self-evident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/everything-is-self-evident/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [Neither the true nor the false roots are always real; sometimes they are imaginary; that is, while we can always imagine as many roots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/neither-the-true-nor-the-false-roots-are-always-real-sometimes-they/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

> [It is only intelligence that is divided equally between people because everybody thinks he/she is enough wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/it-is-only-intelligence-that-is-divided-equally-between-people/)

[René Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

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