The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.

Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

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

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

To know nothing is the happiest life

To know nothing is the happiest life

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

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.

By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not...

By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not...

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

Time takes away the grief of men.

Time takes away the grief of men.

Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed...

Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed...

Fortune favors the audacious

Fortune favors the audacious

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood,...

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood,...

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood,...

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood,...

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not...

The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not...