Quotes of Desiderius Erasmus - somelinesforyou

“ The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

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

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ Prevention is better than cure. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ Prevention is better than cure. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ Education is of far greater importance than heredity in forming character. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ Bidden or unbidden, God is present. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

“ In the land of the blind, the oneeyed man is king. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

“ The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth ”

- Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

“ Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

“ The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth ”

- Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

“ Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

“ When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

“ When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

“ Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

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

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ He who allows oppression shares the crime. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ He who allows oppression shares the crime. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

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

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ If you look at history you'll find that no state has been so plagued by its rulers as when power has fallen into the hands of some dabbler in philosophy or literary addict. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

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

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any practice in life there is Socrates himself, the one and only wise man, according to the Delphic Oracle. Whenever he tried to do anything in public he had to break off amid general laughter… ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

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

- Desiderius Erasmus
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