It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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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.

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...

Fools are without number.

Fools are without number.

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.

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

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

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

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

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

To know nothing is the happiest life.

To know nothing is the happiest life.

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...

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.

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

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

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

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

Humility is truth.

Humility is truth.

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...

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

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...

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

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

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...

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...