Author of quotes: Claude Adrien Helvetius. Page 4

Who considers himself unhappy, he becomes unhappy.

Fear of the possibility of error should not discourage us from seeking the truth.

Many have respect for what they do good and for not bring evil.

To love people, you have very little to expect.

Knowledge of some principles easily compensates ignorance of some facts.

People are not born but they become what they are.

Any comparison of the items together involves attention; every attention involves effort, and every effort - the urge that drives to do it. A man devoid of desires, - if such a person could exist - would not compare objects between themselves and did not Express any judgments.

The Carthaginian General Hannibal was one-eyed. He ridiculed the artist who drew him with two eyes, and to reward those who portrayed him in profile. No one wants too vulgar praises, but everyone experiences a pleasant relief when hiding its shortcomings.

The task of art is to excite.

Nothing is absolute except the existence and non-existence. Everything else is amenable to calculation and is relative.