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["Melody O." <melody AT crecon.com>]

Those are great, thanks!

Best wishes,
Melody
At 09:45 AM 4/1/05 -0700, you wrote:
>Yesterday was the birthday of philosopher Rene Descartes. Here are some of 
>his best-known quotes:
>
>"An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the 
>pessimist always run to blow it out?"
>
>"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."
>
>"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to 
>resolve it."
>
>"Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve 
>other problems."
>
>"Everything is self-evident."
>
>"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."
>
>"I think; therefore I am."
>
>"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."
>
>"Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow."
>
>"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well."
>
>"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds 
>of past centuries."
>
>
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