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Everyone knows that by far th...

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at that age?

Desiderius Erasmus 205 quotes

It's the generally accepted p...

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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The most disadvantageous peac...

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

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What difference is there, do ...

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 they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things?

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I doubt if a single individua...

I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people.

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The more ignorant, reckless a...

The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.

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It is an unscrupulous intelle...

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

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The entire world is my temple...

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 long as there are men.

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The nearer people approach ol...

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.

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In the kingdom of the blind, ...

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

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If you keep thinking about wh...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

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War is sweet to those who hav...

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

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Ask a wise man to dinner and ...

Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people's entertainment.

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Be careful not to be the firs...

Be careful not to be the first to put your hands in the dish. What you cannot hold in your hands you must put on your plate. Also it is a great breach of etiquette when your fingers are dirty and greasy, to bring them to your mouth in order to lick them, or to clean them on your jacket. It would be more decent to use the tablecloth.

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Young bodies are like tender ...

Young bodies are like tender plants, which grow and become hardened to whatever shape you've trained them.

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At last concluded that no cre...

At last concluded that no creature was more miserable than man, for that all other creatures are content with those bounds that nature set them, only man endeavors to exceed them.

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By identifying the new learni...

By identifying the new learning with heresy, you make orthodoxy synonymous with ignorance.

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Given a choice between a foll...

Given a choice between a folly and a sacrament, one should always choose the folly—because we know a sacrament will not bring us closer to god and there’s always the chance that a folly will.

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Eagles don't catch flies. ...

Eagles don't catch flies.

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You must acquire the best kno...

You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn.

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