All Desiderius Erasmus Quotes
- Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another. Criticism
- War is sweet to those who have not experienced it. Experienced
- Man is to man either a god or a wolf. Funny
- Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the… Another S
- Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin. Cannot Exist
- It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence. Antiquity
- Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly. Belly
- Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed. Flower
- The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war. Better
- What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided… Cave
- Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known. Affair
- Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth. Deception
- The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes. Amongst
- Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it… Believe
- A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie. Consist
- By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him. Book
- Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders. Detests
- It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst. All
- It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide. Accepted
- The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as… Entire