Quotes by Helvetius, Claude A.

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

By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man withou >>

Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always >>

Quotations about Passion

If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from >>

Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The >>

Our passion are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a n >>

Every man without passion has within him no principle of action, nor motive of act.

Helvetius, Claude A.