Fortune favors the audacious.

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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

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

By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.

By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from...

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from...

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

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,...

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

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.

They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do...

They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do...

Time takes away the grief of men.

Time takes away the grief of men.

Don't give your advice before you are called upon.

Don't give your advice before you are called upon.

I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free...

I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free...

Fortune favors the audacious

Fortune favors the audacious

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...

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...

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

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

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

A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.

A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.

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

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