In the matter of a difficult question it is more likely that the truth should have been discovered by the few than by the many.
Rene DescartesI should consider that I know nothing about physics if I were able to explain only how things might be, and were unable to demonstrate that they could not be otherwise.
Rene DescartesNothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.
Rene DescartesAlthough my knowledge grows more and more, nevertheless I do not for that reason believe that it can ever be actually infinite, since it can never reach a point so high that it will be unable to attain any greater increase.
Rene Descartes