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Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

Virtue has many preachers, but few martyrs Picture Quote #1

Education made us what we are Picture Quote #1

The man who believes he can do it is probably right Picture Quote #1

Envy honors the dead in order to insult the living Picture Quote #1

Pleasure and pain are the only springs of action in man, and always will be Picture Quote #1

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By annihilating desires, you annihilate the mind Picture Quote #1

To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion Picture Quote #1

He who has no passion has no principal or motive to act Picture Quote #1

Genius is nothing but continued attention Picture Quote #1

Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act Picture Quote #1

Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it Picture Quote #1

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Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it Picture Quote #1

All men have an equal disposition for understanding Picture Quote #1

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: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain Picture Quote #1

Discipline is, in a manner, nothing else but the art of inspiring the soldiers with greater fear of their officers than of the enemy. This fear has often the effect of courage: but it cannot prevail against the fierce and obstinate valor of people animated by fanaticism, or warm love of their country Picture Quote #1

Must we, under the happy hope of a false tranquility, sacrifice to the people in power the public welfare, and under vain pretence of preserving the peace, abandon the empire to robbers who would plunder it Picture Quote #1

Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil Picture Quote #1

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Of all the vices, avarice is the most generally detested; it is the effect of an avidity common to all men; it is because men hate those from whom they can expect nothing. The greedy misers rail at sordid misers Picture Quote #1

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act Picture Quote #1

The degree of genius necessary to please us is pretty nearly the same proportion that we ourselves have Picture Quote #1

If, of all vices, avarice is the most generally detested, it is the effect of an avidity common to all men Picture Quote #1

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There is but one man who can believe himself free from envy; and it is he who has never examined his own heart Picture Quote #1

No nation has reason to regard itself superior to others by virtue of its innate endowment Picture Quote #1

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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. (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) Virtue has many preachers, but few martyrs (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) Education made us what we are (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) The man who believes he can do it is probably right (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) Envy honors the dead in order to insult the living (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) Pleasure and pain are the only springs of action in man, and always will be (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) By annihilating desires, you annihilate the mind (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) He who has no passion has no principal or motive to act (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) Genius is nothing but continued attention (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) All men have an equal disposition for understanding (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) 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: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) Discipline is, in a manner, nothing else but the art of inspiring the soldiers with greater fear of their officers than of the enemy. This fear has often the effect of courage: but it cannot prevail against the fierce and obstinate valor of people animated by fanaticism, or warm love of their country (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) Must we, under the happy hope of a false tranquility, sacrifice to the people in power the public welfare, and under vain pretence of preserving the peace, abandon the empire to robbers who would plunder it (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) Of all the vices, avarice is the most generally detested; it is the effect of an avidity common to all men; it is because men hate those from whom they can expect nothing. The greedy misers rail at sordid misers (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) 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 (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) 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 Quotes) The degree of genius necessary to please us is pretty nearly the same proportion that we ourselves have (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) If, of all vices, avarice is the most generally detested, it is the effect of an avidity common to all men (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) There is but one man who can believe himself free from envy; and it is he who has never examined his own heart (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes) No nation has reason to regard itself superior to others by virtue of its innate endowment (Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes)