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

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures,...

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures,...

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

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.

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...

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.

Humility is truth.

Humility is truth.

Fortune favors the audacious

Fortune favors the audacious

Fortune favors the audacious.

Fortune favors the audacious.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

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,...

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

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

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...

I believe anything is possible. Research into quantum physics proves that a system changes simply...

I believe anything is possible. Research into quantum physics proves that a system changes simply...

Not everyone is qualified to join this team. To enlist you have to both meet...

Not everyone is qualified to join this team. To enlist you have to both meet...