Desiderius Erasmus Quotes

The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes... view

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Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another... view

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War is sweet to those who have not experienced it... view

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Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed... view

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Prevention is better than cure... view

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Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s... view

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Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance.. view

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Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth... view

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The desire to write grows with writing... view

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The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men... view

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Your library is your paradise... view

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The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war... view

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The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death... view

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There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality.. view

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Time takes away the grief of men... view

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War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it... view

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What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things?.. view

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What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism... view

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When I get a little money I buy books.. view

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Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly... view

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Women, can't live with them, can't live without them... view

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No one respects a talent that is concealed... view

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Man is to man either a god or a wolf... view

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To know nothing is the happiest life... view

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Concealed talent brings no reputation... view

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Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly... view

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Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it isn't -it's human... view

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A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie... view

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A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit... view

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By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him... view

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Don't give your advice before you are called upon... view

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Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders... view

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Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at that age?.. view

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Fools are without number... view

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Fortune favors the audacious... view

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Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself... view

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Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin... view

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It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence... view

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It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst... view

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By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade... view

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It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide... view

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Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin... view

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