Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.

Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

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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...

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 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,...

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...

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,...

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...

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

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...

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...

Fortune favors the audacious

Fortune favors the audacious

Time takes away the grief of men.

Time takes away the grief of men.

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the...

Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the...

Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can...

Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can...

I want to REFRESH my mind, DELETE all my problems, UNDO all my mistakes, and...

I want to REFRESH my mind, DELETE all my problems, UNDO all my mistakes, and...

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not...

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not...