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

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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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...

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

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

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

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...

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

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

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

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

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

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

Fools are without number.

Fools are without number.

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...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who...

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who...

Humility is truth.

Humility is truth.

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.

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

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

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.

Time takes away the grief of men.

Time takes away the grief of men.

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

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...

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.