When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

Topics: Money Quotes

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...

Humility is truth.

Humility is truth.

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

Your library is your paradise.

Your library is your paradise.

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...

Time takes away the grief of men.

Time takes away the grief of men.

Fortune favors the audacious.

Fortune favors the audacious.

Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.

Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

Fools are without number.

Fools are without number.

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

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

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

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

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...

I wouldnt brag too much about this one because its so small, but its still...

I wouldnt brag too much about this one because its so small, but its still...

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I...

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I...