Desiderius Erasmus Quotes

Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.

Desiderius Erasmus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: October 28, 1466 - July 12, 1536

Topics

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Bush the Elder's stature as president grows with every passing year. He was the finest foreign policy president I've ever covered and a man who defied his party on tax increases while imposing budget restrictions on the Democrats.

Joe Klein

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Part of the way that I work is to observe.

John Hawkes

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If you're positioned to start your own organization, that's great - but rare.

Andrew Yang

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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.

John Ortberg

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'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.'

Tom Colicchio

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I hope I left behind a legacy that people will enjoy. But whatever they want to say, I can't predict.

Robert Duvall

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At CDC, we work 24/7 to save lives and protect people.

Tom Frieden

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Donald Trump will make sure that any agreement with Iran meets the original goals of the U.N and our allies: a non-nuclear Iran.

Rudy Giuliani

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I met this homeless man who had never owned a shirt in his life. He had taken his pants and worn them as a shirt and I thought it was so creative. He was liberated from the conventions of fashion.

Julia Stiles

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When you write about animals, of course, you are really writing about the people who love and live with them. Animals mirror and reveal us. Dogs in particular are often reflections of us, and what we need them to be.

Jon Katz

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Human beings are human beings. They say what they want, don't they? They used to say it across the fence while they were hanging wash. Now they just say it on the Internet.

Dennis Miller

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To what purpose is it to be artificially happy on the surface?

Anne Parillaud

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