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Authors
Claude Adrien Helvetius
French
Philosopher
About the author
Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.
Claude Adrien Helvetius,
French
Philosopher
#Truth
Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers, which are always repulsed by the anvil.
Claude Adrien Helvetius,
French
Philosopher
#Effect
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,
French
Philosopher
#Action
#Motive
#Man
#Mind
Genius is nothing but continued attention.
Claude Adrien Helvetius,
French
Philosopher
#Nothing
#Attention
#Genius
Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.
Claude Adrien Helvetius,
French
Philosopher
#Art
#Enemy
#Fear
#Discipline
#Soldiers