Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at…

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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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...

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...

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

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

Fortune favors the audacious

Fortune favors the audacious

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear...

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

To know nothing is the happiest life

To know nothing is the happiest life

Your library is your paradise.

Your library is your paradise.

Time takes away the grief of men.

Time takes away the grief of men.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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,...

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

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