Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth26 October 1466
perseverance freedom democracy
He who allows oppression shares the crime.
men riches poverty
Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.
honor enthusiasm sin
Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.
writing desire great-writing
The desire to write grows with writing.
gold pearls sand
Apothegms are in history, the same as pearls in the sand, or gold in the mine.
Bidden or unbidden, God is present.
inspirational motivational money
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
sects
There is nothing I congratulate myself on more heartily than on never having joined a sect.
running flower reflection
Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.
noble dominion riches
Providence has decreed that those common acquisitions, money, gems, plate, noble mansions, and dominion, should be sometimes bestowed on the indolent and unworthy; but those things which constitute our true riches, and which are properly our own, must be procured by our own labor.
garden light literature
So our student will flit like a busy bee through the entire garden of literature, light on every blossom, collect a little nectar from each, and carry it to his hive...
dirty hands order
Be careful not to be the first to put your hands in the dish. What you cannot hold in your hands you must put on your plate. Also it is a great breach of etiquette when your fingers are dirty and greasy, to bring them to your mouth in order to lick them, or to clean them on your jacket. It would be more decent to use the tablecloth.
sacred rage profit
Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.
powerful doctors ignorant
The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.