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Wisdom Quotes by Desiderius Erasmus
- It hardly needs explaining at length, I think, how much authority or beauty is added to style by the timely use of proverbs. In the…
- This type of man who is devoted to the study of wisdom is always most unlucky in everything, and particularly when it comes to procreating…
- In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
- A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.
- It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
- The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth
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- The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love. — Paulo Coelho
- Whoever travels without a guide, needs two hundred years for a two-day journey. — Unknown Author