Fortune favors the audacious.

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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He who allows oppression shares the crime.

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

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.

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,...

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

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

Fools are without number.

Fools are without number.

Time takes away the grief of men.

Time takes away the grief of men.

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.

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from...

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from...

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...

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

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...

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...

To know nothing is the happiest life.

To know nothing is the happiest life.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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,...