“It is good to know something of the customs of different people in order to judge more soundly of our own, and so that we might not think that all that which is contrary to our own ways be ridiculous… — Descartes Copy Share Image
“To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.” — Descartes Copy Share Image
“...it is a mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.” — DESCARTES Copy Share Image
“that the grace of fable stirs the mind"...and..."that the perusal of excellent books is, as it were, to interview with the noblest men of… — Descartes Copy Share Image
“My third maxim was to try always to master myself rather than fortune and change my desires rather than changing how things stand in… — Descartes Copy Share Image
“. . .it is not my design to teach the method that everyone must follow in order to use his reason properly, but only… — Descartes Copy Share Image
“Instead of René Descartes' famous "Cogito ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am), I propose "Communico ergo sum," (I communicate, therefore I exist") as… — Descartes Copy Share Image
“It is good to know something of the customs of different people in order to judge more soundly of our own, and so that… — Descartes Copy Share Image
