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> [I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly and obviously conceive are true: only observing, however, that there is some difficulty in rightly determining the objects which we distinctly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/i-concluded-that-i-might-take-as-a-general-rule-the-principle-that/)

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

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> [The question I should have asked is not what is the rule, but what is the principle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-fastow/the-question-i-should-have-asked-is-not-what-is-the-rule-but-what-is/)

[Andrew Fastow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-fastow/)

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