Author: Desiderius Erasmus

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

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

- Desiderius Erasmus

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.

- Desiderius Erasmus

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

- Desiderius Erasmus

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

- Desiderius Erasmus

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

- Desiderius Erasmus

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

- Desiderius Erasmus

Fortune favors the audacious.

Fortune favors the audacious.

- Desiderius Erasmus

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.

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.

- Desiderius Erasmus

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

- Desiderius Erasmus

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