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

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king.

In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king.

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

To know nothing is the happiest life

To know nothing is the happiest life

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.

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...

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...

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

Fortune favors the audacious

Fortune favors the audacious

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...

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

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

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

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

Many women remain unmarried only because they were too smart to ever marry a man...

Many women remain unmarried only because they were too smart to ever marry a man...

I'm dating a woman now who, evidently, is unaware of it.

I'm dating a woman now who, evidently, is unaware of it.