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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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.

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...

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

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

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

Time takes away the grief of men.

Time takes away the grief of men.

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

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

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

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.

Prevention is better than cure.

Prevention is better than cure.

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

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

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...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...

Never act on impulse. Plan first. Think it through. Then act.

Never act on impulse. Plan first. Think it through. Then act.

The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something...

What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something...