“Fortune favors the audacious.”
Desiderius Erasmus“Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.”
Desiderius Erasmus“By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.”
Desiderius Erasmus“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“To know nothing is the happiest life.”
Desiderius Erasmus“When I get a little money I buy books and if any is left I buy food and clothes. ”
Desiderius Erasmus“Humility is truth.”
Desiderius Erasmus“Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.”
Desiderius Erasmus“It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.”
Desiderius Erasmus“Man is to man either a god or a wolf.”
Desiderius Erasmus“Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.”
Desiderius Erasmus