Quotes of Claud Adrian Helvetius - somelinesforyou

“ There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors… But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Envy honors the dead in order to insult the living. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Truth is a torch that shines through the fog without dispelling it. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Truth is a torch that shines through the fog without dispelling it. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Envy honors the dead in order to insult the living. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Truth is a torch that shines through the fog without dispelling it. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Truth is a torch that shines through the fog without dispelling it. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Truth is a torch that shines through the fog without dispelling it. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Envy honors the dead in order to insult the living. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors… But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ He who has no passion has no principal or motive to act. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors… But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Truth is a torch that shines through the fog without dispelling it. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ He who has no passion has no principal or motive to act. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius

“ Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. ”

- Claud Adrian Helvetius
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