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The opinion formulated by the ...

The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.

Desiderius Erasmus 205 quotes

Do not put chewed bones back o...

Do not put chewed bones back on plates. Instead, throw them on the floor for the dog.

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Do not be guilty of possessing...

Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.

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Christians would show sense if...

Christians would show sense if they dispatched these argumentative Scotists and pigheaded Ockhamists and undefeated Albertists along with the whole regiment of Sophists to fight the Turks and Saracens instead of sending those armies of dull-witted soldiers with whom they've long been carrying on war with no result.

Desiderius Erasmus 205 quotes

They are looking in utter dark...

They are looking in utter darkness for that which has no existence whatsoever.

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He who shuns the millstone, sh...

He who shuns the millstone, shuns the meal.

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Anything which causes trouble ...

Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.

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It is folly alone that stays t...

It is folly alone that stays the fugue of Youth and beats off touring Old Age.

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Eagles don't catch flies....

Eagles don't catch flies.

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War is delightful for those wh...

War is delightful for those who don't know it

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By a Carpenter mankind was mad...

By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.

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Be careful not to be the first...

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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As an example of just how usel...

As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any practice in life there is Socrates himself, the one and only wise man, according to the Delphic Oracle. Whenever he tried to do anything in public he had to break off amid general laughter. While he was philosophizing about clouds and ideas, measuring a flea's foot and marveling at a midge's humming, he learned nothing about the affairs of ordinary life.

Desiderius Erasmus 205 quotes

[Only by] the good influence o...

[Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in our train.

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Out of all those centuries the...

Out of all those centuries the Greeks can count seven sages at the most, and if anyone looks at them more closely I swear he'll not find so much as a half-wise man or even a third of a wise man among them.

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Human affairs are so obscure a...

Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known. This was the sound conclusion of the Academic sceptics, who were the least surly of philosophers.

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Read first the best books. The...

Read first the best books. The important thing for you is not how much you know, but the quality of what you know.

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The wedlocks of minds will be ...

The wedlocks of minds will be greater than that of bodies.

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I have turned my entire attent...

I have turned my entire attention to Greek. The first thing I shall do, as soon as the money arrives, is to buy some Greek authors; after that, I shall buy clothes.

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A good prince will tax as ligh...

A good prince will tax as lightly as possible those commodities which are used by the poorest members of society: grain, bread, beer, wine, clothing, and all other staples without which human life could not exist.

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