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Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: Education made us what we are.

Education made us what we are.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: The degree of genius necessary to please us is pretty nearly the same proportion that we ourselves have.

The degree of genius necessary to please us is pretty nearly the same proportion that we ourselves have.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it.

Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: Pleasure and pain are the only springs of action in man, and always will be.

Pleasure and pain are the only springs of action in man, and always will be.

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.

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: He who has no passion has no principal or motive to act.

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

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.

Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: By annihilating desires, you annihilate the mind.

By annihilating desires, you annihilate the mind.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: All men have an equal disposition for understanding.

All men have an equal disposition for understanding.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion.

To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: Virtue has many preachers, but few martyrs.

Virtue has many preachers, but few martyrs.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: What makes men happy is liking what they have to do. This is a principle on which society is not founded

What makes men happy is liking what they have to do. This is a principle on which society is not founded

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: The man who believes he can do it is probably right.

The man who believes he can do it is probably right.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: No nation has reason to regard itself superior to others by virtue of its innate endowment.

No nation has reason to regard itself superior to others by virtue of its innate endowment.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

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

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: Genius is nothing but continued attention.

Genius is nothing but continued attention.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.

To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: Envy honors the dead in order to insult the living.

Envy honors the dead in order to insult the living.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: A man who believes that he eats his God we do not call mad; yet, a man who says he is Jesus Christ, we call mad.

A man who believes that he eats his God we do not call mad; yet, a man who says he is Jesus Christ, we call mad.

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers, which are always repulsed by the anvil.

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

Claude Adrien Helvetius quotes: Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.