Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.
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Desiderius Erasmus
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About Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, theologian, and philosopher. He was, through his writings and translations, one of the most influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and a major figure of Western culture.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Desiderius ErasmusIt is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.
The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.
Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
Humility is truth.
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.
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Time takes away the grief of men.
The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
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 a…
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.
When I get a little money I buy books and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
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, you don't do it, and it won't happen.
It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.
When I get a little money I buy books and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.
Your library is your paradise.
When I get a little money I buy books and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
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 dea…
The desire to write grows with writing.