It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well. - René Descartes

But as soon as I had finished my course of study, at which time it is usual to be admitted to the ranks of the well educated, I completely changed my opinion, for I found myself bogged down in so many doubts and errors, that it seemed to me that having set out to become learned, I had derived no benefit from my studies, other than that of progressively revealing to myself how ignorant I was.

Και εκείνοι που σκαρφίζονται τις πιο ευχάριστες ιστορίες και μπορούν να τις αφηγηθούν πολύ γλυκά και περίτεχνα, θα είναι πάντα οι καλύτεροι ποιητές, έστω και αν η ποιητική τένη τους είναι άγνωστη.

The entire method consists in the order and arrangement of the things to which the mind's eye must turn so that we can discover some truth.