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 Helvétius)

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 Helvétius

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