"Truth is a torch which gleams in the……" — Claude Adrien Helvetius
"Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it."
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Claude Adrien Helvetius
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22 Quotes by Claude Adrien Helvetius
Claude Adrien Helvetius has 22 quotes on this site.
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To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants…
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A man who believes that he eats his God we do not call mad; yet, a man who says he…
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Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.
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Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
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Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.
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Must we, under the happy hope of a false tranquility, sacrifice to the people in power the public welfare, and…
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There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for…
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The man who believes he can do it is probably right.
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What makes men happy is liking what they have to do. This is a principle on which society is not…
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Genius is nothing but continued attention.
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Discipline is, in a manner, nothing else but the art of inspiring the soldiers with greater fear of their officers…
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By annihilating desires, you annihilate the mind.
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