Rene Descartes (1596-1650) French Philosopher, Scientist, Mathematician
These Rene Descartes quotes and sayings are from our famous and inspiring collection.Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. - Rene Descartes
Conquer yourself not the world. - Rene Descartes
Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with it, that even those most difficult to please in all other matters never desire more of it than they already possess. - Rene Descartes
Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow. - Rene Descartes
At the time, my grandparents told my mom, 'Lordy, what is Shannen doing?' Now I've calmed down. (On her reputation for bad behaviour.) - Rene Descartes
Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so well supplied with it that even those who are the hardest to satisfy in every other respect never desire more of it than they already have. - Rene Descartes
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
It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived. - Rene Descartes