Desiderius Erasmus Quotes

Dutch - Philosopher | October 28, 1466 - July 12, 1536

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

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Fools are without number.

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Time takes away the grief of men.

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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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Concealed talent brings no reputation.

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It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.

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Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.

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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.

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To know nothing is the happiest life.

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Humility is truth.

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A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

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It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.

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