To limit the press is to insult a nation ; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.

Quote by Claude Adrien Helvetius

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Education made us what we are

Education made us what we are

By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him...

By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him...

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

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

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

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

Genius is nothing but continued attention.

Genius is nothing but continued attention.

We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do...

We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do...

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

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

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

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

We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do...

We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do...

We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do...

We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do...

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in...

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in...

What in me is dark, Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the...

What in me is dark, Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the...

Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be...

Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be...

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly...

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly...

The belief in potential human virtue underlies the whole idea of the Bill of Rights;...

The belief in potential human virtue underlies the whole idea of the Bill of Rights;...

I believe in eight of the ten commandments; and I believe in going to church...

I believe in eight of the ten commandments; and I believe in going to church...

When you can get people to believe in virgin birth and resurrection of the dead...

When you can get people to believe in virgin birth and resurrection of the dead...

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

(The Catholic Church must) clean out the pedophiles, break up the gay cliques, tighten up...

(The Catholic Church must) clean out the pedophiles, break up the gay cliques, tighten up...

If there really is a God who created the entire universe with all of its...

If there really is a God who created the entire universe with all of its...

Philosophy is the love of wisdom: Christianity is the wisdom of love.

Philosophy is the love of wisdom: Christianity is the wisdom of love.