Erasmo de Roterdão

[ Of Thomas More :] Omnium horarum hominem .

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

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. In regione caecorum rex est luscus.

Our determination to imitate Christ should be such that we have no time for other matters.

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

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

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

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Man’s mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

An idea launched like a javelin in proverbial form strikes with sharper point on the hearer’s mind and leaves implanted barbs for meditation.

One nail drives out another; habit is overcome by habit.

WHEN I GET A LITTLE MONEY, I BUY BOOKS; AND IF ANY IS LEFT, I BUY FOOD AND CLOTHES.

In regione caecorum rex est luscus.

In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.

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