Concealed talent brings no reputation.

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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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...

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

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...

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.

Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery...

Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery...

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,...

Fortune favors the audacious.

Fortune favors the audacious.

Humility is truth.

Humility is truth.

Fools are without number.

Fools are without number.

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

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

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

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

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...

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.

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...

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...

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

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

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

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...

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...