Quotes from philosopher Desiderius Erasmus, 1466 – 1536

“He who allows oppression shares the crime.”

“The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly.” 🙂

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

“Humility is truth.” 

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

“I hate one that remembers what’s done over the goblet.” 🙂

“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.”
“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”

“Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering.”

“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.”

One thought on “Quotes from philosopher Desiderius Erasmus, 1466 – 1536

  1. Words or wisdom … Antiquity did nothing without a good reason {Nil sine prudenti fecit ratione vetustas; Coke, Litt. 65};

    Thank You Galen;~)))

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