To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion. — Claude Adrien Helvetius
Pleasure and pain are the only springs of action in man, and always will be. — Claude Adrien Helvetius
To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books — Claude Adrien Helvetius
There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem — Claude Adrien Helvetius
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. — Claude Adrien Helvetius
Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers, which are always repulsed by the anvil. — Claude Adrien Helvetius
Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy. — Claude Adrien Helvetius