Desiderius Erasmus quotes

" Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. " # Adversity

" When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. " # Books - Reading # Money # Food and Eating

" The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war. " # Peace

" It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. " # Happiness # Freedom # Power

" In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. " # Kings # Love # Blindness

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

" Fortune favors the audacious. " # Books - Reading

" A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit. " # Habit # Freedom # Power

" The pleasures which we most rarely experience give us the greatest delight. " # Experience

" The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all. " # Aphorisms and Epigrams