54 Quotations by Desiderius Erasmus
- 21. It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

- 22. It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, ...

- 23. Jupiter, not wanting man's life to be wholly gloomy and grim, has bestowed far more passion than rea ...

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

- 25. Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of ...

- 26. No one respects a talent that is concealed.

- 27. No one respects a talent that is concealed.

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

- 29. Nothing is so foolish, they say, as for a man to stand for office and woo the crowd to win its vote, ...

- 30. Nothing is so foolish, they say, as for a man to stand for office and woo the crowd to win its vote, ...

- 31. Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, il ...

- 32. People who use their erudition to write for a learned minority... don't seem to me favored by fortun ...

- 33. Picture the prince, such as most of them are today: a man ignorant of the law, well-nigh an enemy to ...

- 34. Picture the prince, such as most of them are today: a man ignorant of the law, well-nigh an enemy to ...

- 35. Prevention is better than cure.

- 36. Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, ...

- 37. The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack pri ...

- 38. The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one -- but that is the best of all.

- 39. The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one -- but that is the best of all.

- 40. The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongs ...

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