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Small: As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peac
Pythagoras
"As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
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Small: There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres
Pythagoras
"There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
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Small: The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil
Pythagoras
"The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
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Small: Strength of mind rests in sobriety for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion
Pythagoras
"Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
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Small: Begin thus from the first act, and proceed and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, a
Pythagoras
"Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
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Small: Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it
"Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable
"When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries
"Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another
"There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in
"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, Mathematician
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Small: The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries
"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues
"The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt
"The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has
"Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived
"It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: It is not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well
"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow
"Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far a
"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, Mathematician
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Small: I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to thos
"I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error
"I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake
"I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power
"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems
"Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it
"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with
"Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed
"A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their ap
Isaac Newton
"We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
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Small: To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me
Isaac Newton
"To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
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Small: To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances i
Isaac Newton
"To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
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Small: It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded
Isaac Newton
"It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
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