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Quotes by Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus

“In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king”

Desiderius Erasmus

“Concealed talent brings no reputation.”

Desiderius Erasmus

“Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin”

Desiderius Erasmus

“War is sweet to those who have not experienced it”

Desiderius Erasmus

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you dont do it, and it wont happen.

Desiderius Erasmus

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Desiderius Erasmus

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

Desiderius Erasmus

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

Desiderius Erasmus

Time takes away the grief of men.

Desiderius Erasmus

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

Desiderius Erasmus

Women, cant live with them, cant live without them.

Desiderius Erasmus

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

Desiderius Erasmus

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldnt have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

Desiderius Erasmus

Mans mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

Desiderius Erasmus

Humility is truth.

Desiderius Erasmus

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

Desiderius Erasmus

To know nothing is the happiest life.

Desiderius Erasmus

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.

Desiderius Erasmus

By burning Luthers books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid mens minds of him.

Desiderius Erasmus

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as mens judgments of one another.

Desiderius Erasmus