| 20 Famous Quotes by Desiderius Gerhard Erasmus
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“Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Adages
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“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Adagia (III, IV, 96)
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“An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Fam. Coll., quoted as a proverb invented by Satan
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“He touches nothing but he adds a charm.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Fam. Coll., quoted as a proverb invented by Satan
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“It is the worst of madness to learn what has to be unlearnt.
[Lat., Extremae est dementiae discere dediscenda.]”
Learning Quotes Source: De Ratione Studii
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“Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]”
Evil Quotes Source: Adages
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“(Julian would learn something) even if he had one foot in the
grave.
[Lat., Etsi alterum pedem in sepulchro haberem.]”
Grave Quotes Source: quoting Pomponius, of Julian, original phrase one foot in the ferry boat, Charon's boat
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“The camel set out to get him horns and was shorn of his ears.
[Lat., Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures perdidit.]”
Failure Quotes Source: Adagia--Chil (III, cent. V, 8, heading)
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“It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires
of the crowd and their unreasonable notions.
[Lat., Bona prudentiae pars est nosse stultas vulgi cupiditates,
et absurdas opiniones.]”
Public Quotes Source: De Utilitate Colloquiorum--Preface
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“Classes and masses.”
Public Quotes Source: De Utilitate Colloquiorum--Preface
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“Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.”
Choice Quotes Source: Adagia (ch. III, cent. VI, 94), quoted from the Greek
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“Between the victim and the stone knife.
[Lat., Inter sacrum et sazim.]”
Choice Quotes Source: Letter to Pirkheimer
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“Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]”
Choice Quotes Source: Letter to Pirkheimer
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“An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]”
Youth Quotes Source: Fam. Coll., quoted as a proverb invented by Satan
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“I don't like your way of conditioning and contracting with the
saints. Do this and I'll do that! Here's one for t'other. Save
me and I'll give you a taper or go on a pilgrimage.”
Worship Quotes Source: The Shipwreck
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“We call a fig a fig, and a skiff a skiff.
[Lat., Ficum vocamus ficum, et scapham scapham.]”
Names Quotes Source: Colloquy--Philetymus et Pseudocheus
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“Oh, dense intelligence. I suspect that it was Batavian (i.e.
from the Netherlands-Batavia.)
[Lat., O crassum ingenium. Suspicor fuisse Batavum.]”
Countries Quotes Source: Naufragium
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“A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Clavus clavo pellitur, consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]”
Habit Quotes Source: Diluculum
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“We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions,
and we reap our habits; we sow our habits, and we reap our
characters; we sow our characters, and we reap our destiny.”
Habit Quotes Source: Diluculum
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“From hence, no question, has sprung an observation
. . . confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long
experienced souls in the world, before their dislodging, arrive
to the height of prophetic spirit.”
Prophecy (prophesy) Quotes Source: Praise of Folly, (old translation)
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