Desiderius Erasmus Quotes

The desire to write grows with writing.

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

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

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If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

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Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

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To know nothing is the happiest life.

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

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

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

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War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

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It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

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

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Your library is your paradise.

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Time takes away the grief of men.

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