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Desiderius Erasmus quotes: The majority of the common people loathe war and pray for peace; only a handful of individuals, whose evil joys depend on general misery, desire war. The majority of the common people loathe war and pray for peace; only a handful of individuals, whose evil joys depend on general misery, desire war.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Many times what cannot be refuted by arguments can be parried by laughter. Many times what cannot be refuted by arguments can be parried by laughter.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Retain the wind by compressing the belly. Retain the wind by compressing the belly.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly. Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Modern church music is so constructed that the congregation cannot hear one distinct word. Modern church music is so constructed that the congregation cannot hear one distinct word.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders. Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide. It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Don't give your advice before you are called upon. Don't give your advice before you are called upon.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Dulce bellum inexpertis. - War is lovely for those who know nothing about it. Dulce bellum inexpertis. - War is lovely for those who know nothing about it.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: How do you like our England, you will say? Believe me when I assure you that I have never liked anything as much before. How do you like our England, you will say? Believe me when I assure you that I have never liked anything as much before.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be. The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: 'Tis an easier matter to raise the devil than to lay him. 'Tis an easier matter to raise the devil than to lay him.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade. By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known. Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn. You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Our determination to imitiate Christ should be such that we have no time for other matters. Our determination to imitiate Christ should be such that we have no time for other matters.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Women, can't live with them, can't live without them. Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Prevention is better than cure. Prevention is better than cure.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: I hate one that remembers what's done over the cup. I hate one that remembers what's done over the cup.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities. God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side. No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: It is folly alone that stays the fugue of Youth and beats off touring Old Age. It is folly alone that stays the fugue of Youth and beats off touring Old Age.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes. When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: The wedlocks of minds will be greater than that of bodies. The wedlocks of minds will be greater than that of bodies.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: When I get a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes. When I get a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Frugality is a handsome income. Frugality is a handsome income.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: [Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in our train. [Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in our train.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: 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. 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.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him. By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: He who shuns the millstone, shuns the meal. He who shuns the millstone, shuns the meal.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: War is sweet to those who haven't tasted it. Dulce bellum inexpertis. War is sweet to those who haven't tasted it. Dulce bellum inexpertis.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them. They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Read first the best books. The important thing for you is not how much you know, but the quality of what you know. Read first the best books. The important thing for you is not how much you know, but the quality of what you know.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Young bodies are like tender plants, which grow and become hardened to whatever shape you've trained them. Young bodies are like tender plants, which grow and become hardened to whatever shape you've trained them.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: No one respects a talent that is concealed. No one respects a talent that is concealed.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Wherever you encounter truth, look upon it as Christianity. Wherever you encounter truth, look upon it as Christianity.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: War is delightful for those who don't know it War is delightful for those who don't know it
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well. What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another. Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: By identifying the new learning with heresy, you make orthodoxy synonymous with ignorance. By identifying the new learning with heresy, you make orthodoxy synonymous with ignorance.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: There is no joy in possession without sharing. There is no joy in possession without sharing.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: To know nothing is the happiest life. To know nothing is the happiest life.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Man is to man either a god or a wolf. Man is to man either a god or a wolf.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are. The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism. What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence. It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Time takes away the grief of men. Time takes away the grief of men.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst. It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Of two evils choose the least. Of two evils choose the least.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen. If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: It is a greater advantage to be honestly educated than honorably born. It is a greater advantage to be honestly educated than honorably born.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Love that has nothing but beauty to keep it in good health is short-lived. Love that has nothing but beauty to keep it in good health is short-lived.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Fortune favours the audacious. Fortune favours the audacious.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: He who doesn't sin, is the greatest sinner of all. He who doesn't sin, is the greatest sinner of all.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: They are looking in utter darkness for that which has no existence whatsoever. They are looking in utter darkness for that which has no existence whatsoever.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin. Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth. Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed. Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering. Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: It is wiser to treat men and things as though we held this world the common fatherland of all. It is wiser to treat men and things as though we held this world the common fatherland of all.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Do not put chewed bones back on plates. Instead, throw them on the floor for the dog. Do not put chewed bones back on plates. Instead, throw them on the floor for the dog.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Apothegms are in history, the same as pearls in the sand, or gold in the mine. Apothegms are in history, the same as pearls in the sand, or gold in the mine.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes. The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: There is nothing I congratulate myself on more heartily than on never having joined a sect. There is nothing I congratulate myself on more heartily than on never having joined a sect.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Eagles don't catch flies. Eagles don't catch flies.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself. Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie. A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war. -Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war. -Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Invoked or not invoked, the god is present. Invoked or not invoked, the god is present.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us. We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Fools are without number. Fools are without number.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin. Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly. The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Nothing doth worse become a man (I will not say a Christian man) than war. Nothing doth worse become a man (I will not say a Christian man) than war.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit. A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic. They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Fortune favors the audacious. Fortune favors the audacious.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Humility is truth. Humility is truth.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is. The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: War is sweet to those who have not experienced it. War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war. The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Surely there is nothing so ungracious, nor nothing so cruel, but men will hold therewith, if it be once approved by custom. Surely there is nothing so ungracious, nor nothing so cruel, but men will hold therewith, if it be once approved by custom.
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: Heaven grant that the burden you carry may have as easy an exit as it had an entrance. Prayer To A Pregnant Woman Heaven grant that the burden you carry may have as easy an exit as it had an entrance. Prayer To A Pregnant Woman
Desiderius Erasmus quotes: I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger. I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger.

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