17 Quotes & Sayings By Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus was a humanist, scholar, theologian, poet, and free-thinker. He was one of the great Renaissance men—a polymath who enjoyed the highest position of influence at the court of Christian IV of Denmark. He was also a prolific writer, translator, and publisher, and an early proponent of the idea that all human knowledge is universal. His most famous works are The Praise of Folly (Latin: Praise of Folly or Compliments on Folly) and The Education of a Christian Man (Latin: The Education of a Christian Man or Adages).

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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. Desiderius Erasmus
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Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. Desiderius Erasmus
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War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. Desiderius Erasmus
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In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Desiderius Erasmus
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Time takes away the grief of men. 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. Desiderius Erasmus
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Women, can't live with them, can't live without them. Desiderius Erasmus
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Man is to man either a god or a wolf. Desiderius Erasmus
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It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst. Desiderius Erasmus
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Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth. 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. Desiderius Erasmus
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To know nothing is the happiest life. Desiderius Erasmus
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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. Desiderius Erasmus
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By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him. Desiderius Erasmus
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Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another. Desiderius Erasmus