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

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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Fortune favors the audacious.

Fortune favors the audacious.

Fortune favors the audacious

Fortune favors the audacious

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

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...

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...

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the...

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Humility is truth.

Humility is truth.

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,...

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...

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,...

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.