There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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Your library is your paradise.

Your library is your paradise.

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing...

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing...

Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.

Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

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

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

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...

Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others...

Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others...

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

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.

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...

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what...

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what...

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...

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing...

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing...

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

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

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

Fortune favors the audacious

Fortune favors the audacious

If ignorance paid dividends most Americans could make a fortune out of what they don't...

If ignorance paid dividends most Americans could make a fortune out of what they don't...

See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got a...

See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got a...