More from Desiderius Erasmus

  1. Ad Graecas literas totum animum applicui; statimque, ut pecuniam accpero, Graecus primum autores, deinde vestes emam.
  2. For what is life but a play in which everyone acts a part until the curtain comes down?
  3. This type of man who is devoted to the study of wisdom is always most unlucky in everything, and particularly when it comes to procreating …
  4. Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.
  5. Indeed, a constant element of enjoyment must be mingled with our studies, so that we think of learning as a game rather than a form of drud…
  6. I have no patience with those who say that sexual excitement is shameful and that venereal stimuli have their origin not in nature, but in …
  7. Believe that you have it, and you have it!
  8. Education is of far greater importance than heredity in forming character.

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