Quotes by Claude Adrien Helvétius

Claude Adrien Helvétius

French philosopher

Lived from: 1715 - 1771

Category: Philosophers Country: France

Born: 26 january 1715 Died: 26 december 1771

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

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• Every man without passion has within him no principle of action, nor motive of 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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• He who has no passion has no principal or motive to act.

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

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Subjects in these quotes:

• annihilating
• annihilate
• dispelling
• principal
• repulsed
• through

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