Claude Adrien Helvetius — French Philosopher born on February 26, 1715, died on December 26, 1771

Claude Adrien Helvétius was a French philosopher, freemason and littérateur... (wikipedia)

Genius is nothing but continued attention.
Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.
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.
Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.