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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/rene-descartes" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Rene Descartes"  src="//izquotes.com/images/rene-descartes-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/rene-descartes/except-our-own-thoughts-there-is-nothing-absolutely-in-our-power-49842" class="qlink">Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/rene-descartes">Rene Descartes</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Le Discours de la méthode (1637)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/rene-descartes/except-our-own-thoughts-there-is-nothing-absolutely-in-our-power-49842',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Frene-descartes%2Fexcept-our-own-thoughts-there-is-nothing-absolutely-in-our-power-49842&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Except+our+own+thoughts%2C+there+is+nothing+absolutely+in+our+power.+%28Rene+Descartes%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Frene-descartes%2Fexcept-our-own-thoughts-there-is-nothing-absolutely-in-our-power-49842',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/rene-descartes/except-our-own-thoughts-there-is-nothing-absolutely-in-our-power-49842" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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