Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it isn't -it's human.

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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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,...

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...

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,...

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.

Humility is truth.

Humility is truth.

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...

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.

Time takes away the grief of men.

Time takes away the grief of men.

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...

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

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...

Your library is your paradise.

Your library is your paradise.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

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...

Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the...

Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the...

Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of...

Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of...