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Quote by Rene Descartes
When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to fo

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. – Rene Descartes

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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, all things. – Rene Descartes

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Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. – Rene Descartes

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The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge. – Rene Descartes

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alone
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The earth is supported by the power of truth it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow indeed all things rest upon truth. – Chanakya

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The eye sees what it brings the power to see. – Thomas Carlyle

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Give fools their gold, and knaves their power let fortunes bubbles rise and fall who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all. – John Greenleaf Whittier

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I dont feel particularly comfortable about actors using whatever power they may have to push their beliefs, unless theyre extremely well informed. – Ralph Fiennes

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