What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.

Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.

Prevention is better than cure.

Prevention is better than cure.

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

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

Fortune favors the audacious.

Fortune favors the audacious.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

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...

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

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...

Humility is truth.

Humility is truth.

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.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Fools are without number.

Fools are without number.

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...