“Jupiter, not wanting man’s life to be wholly gloomy and grim, has bestowed far more passion than reason–you could reckon the ration as twenty-four to one. Moreover, he confined reason to a cramped corner of the head and left all the rest of the body to the passions.”
Desiderius Erasmus
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“To know nothing is the happiest life.”
Desiderius Erasmus
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Life
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“Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men’s judgments of one another.”
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“Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.”
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“War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.”
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“No one respects a talent that is concealed.”
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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Talent
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“Concealed talent brings no reputation.”
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“When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”
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“Prevention is better than cure.”
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Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
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“It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn’t have it, to fear and suspect the worst.”
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“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.”
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“Your library is your paradise.”
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“By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.”
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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Religion
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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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“A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.”
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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Habit
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“Time takes away the grief of men.”
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“The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.”
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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Inspirational
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“Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.”
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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Genius
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“Fools are without number.”
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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