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Truth Quotes by Rene Descartes
- Thus each truth discovered was a rule available in the discovery of subsequent ones.
- In philosophy, when we make use of false principles, we depart the farther from the knowledge of truth and wisdom exactly in proportion to the…
- So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason to hope for…
- If I found any new truths in the sciences, I can say that they follow from, or depend on, five or six principal problems which…
- If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what is in my…
- Hence reason also demands that, since our thoughts cannot all be true because we are not wholly perfect, what truth they do possess must inevitably…
- Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best.
- If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible,…
- To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
- There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
- It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
- In the matter of a difficult question it is more likely that the truth should have been discovered by the few than by the many.
- In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.
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- The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle
- Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. — Matthew Arnold
- Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. — Mary Kay Ash
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- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov