Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to… — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
“Burke was not a sentimentalist, however.43 “Leave a man to his passions,” he wrote, “and you leave a wild beast to a… — Yuval Levin Copy Share Image
If there were some solitary or feral man, the passions of the soul would be sufficient for him; by them he would… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“If the men were without passions, it would be forgivable to see Machiavel try to give some to them; he would be… — Frederick the Great Copy Share Image
“Then this must be my answer: We know that the attributes of God are infinite and it has always seemed strange to… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I am a man of passions, capable of and subject to doing more or less foolish things- which I happen to regret,… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
![“If the men were without passions, it would be forgivable to see Machiavel try to give some to them; he would be the new [[Prometheus]] bringing celestial fire to breathe life into robots. But no man is without passions. When they are moderated, they are the heart of the enterprise; but when the…” quote by Frederick the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/486/frederick-the-great-8525_life_if-the-men-were-without-passions-it-woul_2677185.jpg)
