Erasmus

Quotes by Erasmus

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Theologian and humanist philosopher

Theologian and humanist philosopher

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“Of two evils choose the least.”
— Erasmus
evil

“He does good to himself who does good to his friend.”
— Erasmus
friendship

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

“No one is to be despaired of as long as he breathes. (While there is life there is hope.)”
— Erasmus
life

“In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.”
— Erasmus
minorities

“Prevention is better than cure.”
— Erasmus
sickness

“Concealed talent brings no reputation.”
— Erasmus
talent

“He who shuns the millstone shuns the meal.”
— Erasmus
work

“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.”
— Desiderius Erasmus
Thinking Want You

“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.”
— Desiderius Erasmus
Light Darkness Will

“War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.”
— Desiderius Erasmus
Experience Delightful Who

“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
— Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
books

“Nothing doth worse become a man (I will not say a Christian man) than war.”
— Erasmus
christianity pacifism peace philosophy

“Moreover God hath ordained man in this world, as it were, the very image of himself, to the intent, that he, as it were a god on earth, should provide for the wealth of all creatures.”
— Erasmus
christianity environment environmentalism philosophy

“We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us.”
— Erasmus
pacifism peace theology war

“He who shuns the millstone shuns the meal.”
— Erasmus
work