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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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.

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

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

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...

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

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...

They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do...

They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do...

Humility is truth.

Humility is truth.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

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

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

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...

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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