A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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Prevention is better than cure.

Prevention is better than cure.

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...

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

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

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...

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Time takes away the grief of men.

Time takes away the grief of men.

Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.

Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.

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,...

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

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.

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.