Erasmus Quotes

He who shuns the millstone shuns the meal.
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Concealed talent brings no reputation.
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Prevention is better than cure.
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It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.
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It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.
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In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
Erasmus
No one is to be despaired of as long as he breathes. (While there is life there is hope.)
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It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.
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He does good to himself who does good to his friend.
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Of two evils choose the least.
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Fortune favors the audacious.
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Betwixt the devil and the deap sea.
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In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
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The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly.
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Your library is your paradise.
Erasmus
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.
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Young bodies are like tender plants, which grow and become hardened to whatever shape you've trained them.
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We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us.
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Nothing doth worse become a man (I will not say a Christian man) than war.
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Moreover God hath ordained man in this world, as it were, the very image of himself, to the intent, that he, as it were a god on earth, should provide for the wealth of all creatures.
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War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.
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The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
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Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering.
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When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.
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The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth
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Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.
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The desire to write grows with writing.
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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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Bidden or unbidden, God is present.
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The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.
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