Fortune favors the audacious

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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To know nothing is the happiest life.

To know nothing is the happiest life.

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...

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...

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

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...

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.

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 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,...

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

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...

Don't give your advice before you are called upon.

Don't give your advice before you are called upon.

Your library is your paradise.

Your library is your paradise.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.