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

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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Your library is your paradise.

Your library is your paradise.

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,...

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...

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...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...

Time takes away the grief of men.

Time takes away the grief of men.

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

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

Fools are without number.

Fools are without number.

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

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

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...

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...

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

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...

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.

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...

The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even...

The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even...

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.

When one losses their respect for someone it is an end all to all, because...

When one losses their respect for someone it is an end all to all, because...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...