Time takes away the grief of men.

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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

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

Prevention is better than cure.

Prevention is better than cure.

To know nothing is the happiest life

To know nothing is the happiest life

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...

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...

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,...

Fortune favors the audacious

Fortune favors the audacious

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 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,...

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

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...

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

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.

What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only...

What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only...

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...

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

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...

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 end of reading is not more books but more life.

The end of reading is not more books but more life.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.