By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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Fortune favors the audacious

Fortune favors the audacious

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to...

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to...

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...

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...

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...

Your library is your paradise.

Your library is your paradise.

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.

Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown,...

Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown,...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only...

What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only...

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

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.

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

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

As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else

As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.