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
men
Man is to man either a god or a wolf.
life death time
The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.
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.
fun party folly
[N]o party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
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...