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A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.
Rene Descartes
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Rene Descartes
Age: 53 †
Born: 1596
Born: March 31
Died: 1650
Died: February 11
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Variant: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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Few look for truth many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best.
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