"Truth is the torch that gleams through the……" — Claude Adrien Helvetius
"Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling 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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More Dispelling Quotes
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Religion has ever filled the mind of man with darkness, and kept him in ignorance of his real duties and…
— Baron d'Holbach
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Metaphysical ghosts cannot be killed, because they cannot be touched; but they may be dispelled by dispelling the twilight in…
— George Henry Lewes
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The book is closed, the year is done, the pages full of tasks begun. A little joy, a little care,…
— Arch Ward
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Writing is a tool of transformation and can shine the light on the inside, dispelling darkness, taking us through external…
— Unknown Author
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To drink is to warm the heart; without dispelling reason, it gives reason to life.
— Jose Maria Peman
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When we enter a new situation in life and are confronted by a new person, we bring with us the…
— Karl Popper
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It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome…
— Dalai Lama
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There is nothing like early promiscuous sex for dispelling life's bright mysterious expectations.
— Iris Murdoch
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What mortal is there, over whose first joys and happiness does not break some storm, dispelling with its icy breath…
— Alphonse de Lamartine
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I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we…
— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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Like a lamp, dispelling the darkness of ignorance
— Dalai Lama
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You will search the world over and not find a nonsuperstitious community. As long as there is ignorance, there will…
— Irvin D. Yalom
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