To know nothing is the happiest life

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

Topics: Happiness Quotes

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

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

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,...

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

Fortune favors the audacious.

Fortune favors the audacious.

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.

It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.

Humility is truth.

Humility is truth.

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

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

Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery...

Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...