Desiderius Erasmus's Quotes

Desiderius Erasmus's Quotes 41

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

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

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is...

Time takes away the grief of men.

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

To know nothing is the happiest life.

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen,...

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

Your library is your paradise.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and...

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

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

Humility is truth.

Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask...

Nature more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways has sown a seed...

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is...

Time takes away the grief of men.

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

To know nothing is the happiest life.

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen...

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

It is wisdom in prosperity when all is as thou wouldn't have it to fear and...

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