Rene Descartes

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also read more

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.

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.

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.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.