“The knowledge of certain principles easily compensates the lack of knowledge of certain facts.” — Claude Adrien Helvétius Copy Share Image
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share
A man who believes that he eats his God we do not call mad; yet, a man who says he is Jesus Christ, we… — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share
The men of sense, the idols of the shallow, are very inferior to the men of passions. It is the strong passions which, rescuing… — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share
To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools… — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share
No nation has reason to regard itself superior to others by virtue of its innate endowment. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share
To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share
The degree of genius necessary to please us is pretty nearly the same proportion that we ourselves have. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share
By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share
Pleasure and pain are the only springs of action in man, and always will be. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share
Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share
Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share
Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share
